Omae
surname · Swahili · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Omae is a surname, most frequently recorded in Japan. It appears chiefly in Swahili and Japanese, written in the Latin script.
- JPJapan1 in 130K◐
- CHSwitzerland1 in 1.7M
- BRBrazil1 in 2.6M
carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.
- ≈92 ●
- Sources
- 52 ●
- 1 in 1.7M ◐
across 3 countries
1.6K records
Official registry-verified
Switzerland
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Where in the world●
Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JP Japan | 1,248 | 1.4K rec. | — | — | Omae | 52 |
| US United States | 129 | 122 rec. | — | listed | Omae | 30 |
| BR Brazil | 81 | — | 1 in 2.6M | 81 | — | — |
| PL Poland | 6 | — | 1 in 6.4M | 6 | — | — |
| CH Switzerland | 5 | — | 1 in 1.7M | 5 | — | — |
| PG Papua New Guinea | — | — | — | 4 | — | — |
| EE Estonia | — | 1 rec. | — | listed | — | 2 |
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.
Languages●
- Swahili2.2K48%
- Japanese1.4K30%
- English44710%
- Portuguese2946%
- Spanish491%
Show as table
| Name | Records | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Swahili | 2,176 | 48% |
| Japanese | 1,380 | 30% |
| English | 447 | 10% |
| Portuguese | 294 | 6% |
| Spanish | 49 | 1% |
Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.
Notable people with this name●
- Wataru Ōmaeb. 1934JPJapanese actor (1934-2017)
- Hitoshi Ōmaeb. 1935JPJapanese actor
- Shigeo Omaeb. 1942JPJapanese politician
- Kenichi Ohmaeb. 1943JPnot in their usual nameJapanese business theorist (1943-)
- Toshihiro Ōkitab. 1952JPnot in their usual nameJapanese baseball player
- Kazuki Ōmaeb. 1961JPJapanese announcer (1961-)
- Akane Ōmaeb. 1982JPJapanese actress and seiyū
- Genki Omaeb. 1989JPJapanese association football player
- Aika Ōmaeb. 1992JPJapanese seiyū
- Kyōichi Ōmaeb. 2000JPJapanese 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).
Evidence●
Attested in 8 sources across 6 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 81 | #74,062 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 6 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 6 | #184,700 |
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 5 | #101,952 |
| PG Papua New Guinea | PNG Election Results Database — candidate names (1972–2022) | — | 4 | #32 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 2 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 2 | #374,731 |
| EE Estonia | Siseministeerium — population register name list 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames (Census 2010 + voter-file supplement) | — | — | — |
Reference works 1
- Wikipedia surname tokens
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 9 rows in the corpus for this spelling.
Frequently asked questions
- How common is the name Omae?
- We estimate roughly 92 people bear Omae (counting its spellings and scripts) across 3 countries in our records.
- In which country does Omae have the most bearers?
- Omae is most frequently recorded in Japan, where it is most often spelled omae.
Query this name via API
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About this data
Data snapshot . Figures are rebuilt periodically and will change.
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, “Omae”. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.