Nishitani
surname · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/nɪʃɪtɑni/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Nishitani is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in Japan. Recorded meaning: Borrowed from Japanese 西谷 (Nishitani).
- JPJapan
- USUnited States
- BRBrazil
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Borrowed from Japanese 西谷 (Nishitani).
Sources 1
Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
- JPJapan
- USUnited States
- BRBrazil
- AUAustralia
- CACanada
No national register we accept counts this name’s bearers, so the page lists where it is found and publishes no figure.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Keiji Nishitanib. 1900JPJapanese philosopher (1900–1990)
- Nishitani Tadashib. 1938JPJapanese archaeologist
- Yoshiko Nishitanib. 1943JPJapanese manga artist
- Osamu Nishitanib. 1950JPJapanese philosopher
- Hiroshi Nishitanib. 1962JPfilm director
- Akira Nishitanib. 1967JPJapanese game designer
- Masaya Nishitanib. 1978JPJapanese association football player
- Takafumi Nishitanib. 1979JPJapanese short track speed skater
- Taiji Nishitanib. 1981JPJapanese cyclist
- Yūichi Nishitanib. 1984JPJapanese actor
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 5 sources across 3 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 139 | #49,267 |
| GB United Kingdom | Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register) | 2002 | 12 | #127,230 |
Reference works 2
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Nishitani mean, and where does it come from?
- Borrowed from Japanese 西谷 (Nishitani). Recorded by Wiktionary.
- How do you pronounce Nishitani?
- A machine transcription gives /nɪʃɪtɑni/ (IPA) for Japanese.
- In which country does Nishitani have the most bearers?
- Nishitani is most frequently recorded in Japan.
What do you want to know about Nishitani?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/nishitaniThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Nishitani”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.