Exonym Atlas

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Japan

Local name: 日本 / Nihon

Countries are colored by the family used by their primary display language. Multilingual countries are marked when their names cross families.

Name Families

日本 / Nihon endonym family

Names grouped as likely derived from the written Japanese endonym 日本 and close Sino-Xenic or regional readings such as Nihon, Nippon, Rìběn, Ilbon, Nhật Bản, and Yīpun.

Examples: 日本, Nihon, Rìběn, 일본, Nhật Bản, ญี่ปุ่น

Japan / Japon global family

Names grouped as likely derived from the international Japan/Japon exonym tradition, historically transmitted through Chinese, Malay, Portuguese, and other European forms ultimately connected to 日本.

Examples: Japan, Japon, Japão, Giappone, Yaponiya, Jepang

Multilingual / mixed

A country has display languages that fall into different families.

Unknown / unavailable

No curated projection is available yet.

Country Projection

295 namesFamily / confidence

جاپان

/Jāpān/

DariinAfghanistan

Japan / Japon global familylow

جاپان

/Jāpān/

PashtoinAfghanistan

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Ýaponiýa

TurkmeninAfghanistan

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japoni

AlbanianinAlbania

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

اليابان

/al-Yābān/

ArabicinAlgeria

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japão

PortugueseinAngola

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Unavailable

unknowninAntarctica

Unknown / unavailable

Japan

GuaraniinArgentina

Japan / Japon global familylow

Japón

SpanishinArgentina

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Ճապոնիա

/Chaponia/

ArmenianinArmenia

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japan

EnglishinAustralia

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japan

GermaninAustria

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Yaponiya

AzerbaijaniinAzerbaijan

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japan

EnglishinBahamas

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

জাপান

/Jāpān/

BanglainBangladesh

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Японія

/Yaponija/

BelarusianinBelarus

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Япония

/Yaponiya/

RussianinBelarus

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japan

DutchinBelgium

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japon

FrenchinBelgium

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japan

GermaninBelgium

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japan

bjzinBelize

Japan / Japon global familylow

Japan

EnglishinBelize

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japón

SpanishinBelize

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japon

FrenchinBenin

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

ཇ་པཱན

/Japan/

DzongkhainBhutan

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japan

AymarainBolivia

Japan / Japon global familylow

Japan

GuaraniinBolivia

Japan / Japon global familylow

Japón

QuechuainBolivia

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japón

SpanishinBolivia

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japan

BosnianinBosnia and Herzegovina

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japan

CroatianinBosnia and Herzegovina

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Јапан

/Japan/

SerbianinBosnia and Herzegovina

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japan

EnglishinBotswana

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

JP

TswanainBotswana

Japan / Japon global familylow

Japão

PortugueseinBrazil

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Jepun

MalayinBrunei

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Япония

/Yaponiya/

BulgarianinBulgaria

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japon

FrenchinBurkina Faso

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japon

FrenchinBurundi

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Ubuyapani

RundiinBurundi

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

ជប៉ុន

/Châbpon/

KhmerinCambodia

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japan

EnglishinCameroon

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japon

FrenchinCameroon

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japan

EnglishinCanada

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japon

FrenchinCanada

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japon

FrenchinCentral African Republic

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Zapöon

SangoinCentral African Republic

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

اليابان

/al-Yābān/

ArabicinChad

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japon

FrenchinChad

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japón

SpanishinChile

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

日本

/Rìběn/

ChineseinChina

日本 / Nihon endonym familyhigh

Japón

SpanishinColombia

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japón

SpanishinCosta Rica

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japan

CroatianinCroatia

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japón

SpanishinCuba

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Ιαπωνία

/Iaponía/

GreekinCyprus

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japonya

TurkishinCyprus

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japonsko

CzechinCzechia

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japonsko

SlovakinCzechia

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japan

DanishinDenmark

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

اليابان

/al-Yābān/

ArabicinDjibouti

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japon

FrenchinDjibouti

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japón

SpanishinDominican Republic

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japon

FrenchinDR Congo

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japan

KongoinDR Congo

Japan / Japon global familylow

Zapɔ

LingalainDR Congo

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japan

Luba-LuluainDR Congo

Japan / Japon global familylow

Japani

SwahiliinDR Congo

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japón

SpanishinEcuador

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

اليابان

/al-Yābān/

ArabicinEgypt

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japón

SpanishinEl Salvador

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japon

FrenchinEquatorial Guinea

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japão

PortugueseinEquatorial Guinea

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japón

SpanishinEquatorial Guinea

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

اليابان

/al-Yābān/

ArabicinEritrea

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japan

EnglishinEritrea

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

ጃፓን

/Japan/

TigrinyainEritrea

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Jaapan

EstonianinEstonia

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japan

EnglishinEswatini

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japan

SwatiinEswatini

Japan / Japon global familylow

ጃፓን

/Japan/

AmharicinEthiopia

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japan

EnglishinFalkland Islands

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japan

EnglishinFiji

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japan

Fiji HindiinFiji

Japan / Japon global familylow

Japan

FijianinFiji

Japan / Japon global familylow

Japani

FinnishinFinland

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japan

SwedishinFinland

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japon

FrenchinFrance

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japon

FrenchinFrench Southern and Antarctic Lands

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japon

FrenchinGabon

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japan

EnglishinGambia

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

იაპონია

/Iaponia/

GeorgianinGeorgia

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japan

GermaninGermany

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japan

EnglishinGhana

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Ιαπωνία

/Iaponía/

GreekinGreece

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japani

KalaallisutinGreenland

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japón

SpanishinGuatemala

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japon

FrenchinGuinea

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japão

PortugueseinGuinea-Bissau

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japan

Upper Guinea CriouloinGuinea-Bissau

Japan / Japon global familylow

Japan

EnglishinGuyana

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japon

FrenchinHaiti

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japon

Haitian CreoleinHaiti

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japón

SpanishinHonduras

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japán

HungarianinHungary

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japan

IcelandicinIceland

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japan

EnglishinIndia

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

जापान

/Jāpān/

HindiinIndia

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

ஜப்பான்

/Jappān/

TamilinIndia

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Jepang

IndonesianinIndonesia

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

ژاپن

/Zhāpon/

PersianinIran

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

اليابان

/al-Yābān/

ArabicinIraq

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japan

AramaicinIraq

Japan / Japon global familylow

ژاپۆن

/Japon/

Central KurdishinIraq

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japan

EnglishinIreland

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

an tSeapáin

IrishinIreland

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

اليابان

/al-Yābān/

ArabicinIsrael

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

יפן

/Yapan/

HebrewinIsrael

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Giappone

ItalianinItaly

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japon

FrenchinIvory Coast

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japan

EnglishinJamaica

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japan

Jamaican Creole EnglishinJamaica

Japan / Japon global familylow

日本

/Nihon / Nippon/

JapaneseinJapan

日本 / Nihon endonym familyhigh

اليابان

/al-Yābān/

ArabicinJordan

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Жапония

/Zhaponiya/

KazakhinKazakhstan

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Япония

/Yaponiya/

RussianinKazakhstan

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japan

EnglishinKenya

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japani

SwahiliinKenya

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

اليابان

/al-Yābān/

ArabicinKuwait

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Жапония

/Zhaponiya/

KyrgyzinKyrgyzstan

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Япония

/Yaponiya/

RussianinKyrgyzstan

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

ຍີ່ປຸ່ນ

/Yīpun/

LaoinLaos

日本 / Nihon endonym familyhigh

Japāna

LatvianinLatvia

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

اليابان

/al-Yābān/

ArabicinLebanon

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japon

FrenchinLebanon

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japan

EnglishinLesotho

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

JP

Southern SothoinLesotho

Japan / Japon global familylow

Japan

EnglishinLiberia

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

اليابان

/al-Yābān/

ArabicinLibya

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japonija

LithuanianinLithuania

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japon

FrenchinLuxembourg

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japan

GermaninLuxembourg

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japan

LuxembourgishinLuxembourg

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japon

FrenchinMadagascar

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japana

MalagasyinMadagascar

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japan

EnglishinMalawi

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japan

NyanjainMalawi

Japan / Japon global familylow

Japan

EnglishinMalaysia

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Jepun

MalayinMalaysia

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japon

FrenchinMali

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

اليابان

/al-Yābān/

ArabicinMauritania

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japón

SpanishinMexico

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japonia

RomanianinMoldova

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Япон

/Yapon/

MongolianinMongolia

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japan

MontenegrininMontenegro

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

اليابان

/al-Yābān/

ArabicinMorocco

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japan

Tamazight / BerberinMorocco

Japan / Japon global familylow

Japão

PortugueseinMozambique

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

ဂျပန်

/Gyapan/

BurmeseinMyanmar

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japan

AfrikaansinNamibia

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japan

EnglishinNamibia

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japan

GermaninNamibia

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japan

Hai//ominNamibia

Japan / Japon global familylow

Japan

HereroinNamibia

Japan / Japon global familylow

Japan

KwangaliinNamibia

Japan / Japon global familylow

Japan

LoziinNamibia

Japan / Japon global familylow

Japan

NdongainNamibia

Japan / Japon global familylow

JP

TswanainNamibia

Japan / Japon global familylow

जापान

/Jāpān/

NepaliinNepal

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japan

DutchinNetherlands

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japon

FrenchinNew Caledonia

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japan

EnglishinNew Zealand

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Hapani

MāoriinNew Zealand

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japan

New Zealand Sign LanguageinNew Zealand

Japan / Japon global familylow

Japón

SpanishinNicaragua

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japon

FrenchinNiger

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japan

EnglishinNigeria

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

일본

/Ilbon/

KoreaninNorth Korea

日本 / Nihon endonym familyhigh

Јапонија

/Japonija/

MacedonianinNorth Macedonia

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japána

Northern SamiinNorway

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japan

Norwegian BokmålinNorway

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japan

Norwegian NynorskinNorway

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

اليابان

/al-Yābān/

ArabicinOman

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japan

EnglishinPakistan

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

جاپان

/Jāpān/

UrduinPakistan

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

اليابان

/al-Yābān/

ArabicinPalestine

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japón

SpanishinPanama

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japan

EnglishinPapua New Guinea

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japan

Hiri MotuinPapua New Guinea

Japan / Japon global familylow

Japan

Tok PisininPapua New Guinea

Japan / Japon global familylow

Japan

GuaraniinParaguay

Japan / Japon global familylow

Japón

SpanishinParaguay

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japan

AymarainPeru

Japan / Japon global familylow

Japón

QuechuainPeru

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japón

SpanishinPeru

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japan

EnglishinPhilippines

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japan

FilipinoinPhilippines

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japonia

PolishinPoland

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japão

PortugueseinPortugal

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japan

EnglishinPuerto Rico

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japón

SpanishinPuerto Rico

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

اليابان

/al-Yābān/

ArabicinQatar

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japon

FrenchinRepublic of the Congo

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japan

KongoinRepublic of the Congo

Japan / Japon global familylow

Zapɔ

LingalainRepublic of the Congo

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japonia

RomanianinRomania

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Япония

/Yaponiya/

RussianinRussia

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japan

EnglishinRwanda

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japon

FrenchinRwanda

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

JP

KinyarwandainRwanda

Japan / Japon global familylow

اليابان

/al-Yābān/

ArabicinSaudi Arabia

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japon

FrenchinSenegal

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Јапан

/Japan/

SerbianinSerbia

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japan

EnglishinSierra Leone

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japonsko

SlovakinSlovakia

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japonska

SlovenianinSlovenia

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japan

EnglishinSolomon Islands

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

اليابان

/al-Yābān/

ArabicinSomalia

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Jabaan

SomaliinSomalia

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japan

AfrikaansinSouth Africa

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japan

EnglishinSouth Africa

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

JP

Northern SothoinSouth Africa

Japan / Japon global familylow

Japan

South NdebeleinSouth Africa

Japan / Japon global familylow

JP

Southern SothoinSouth Africa

Japan / Japon global familylow

Japan

SwatiinSouth Africa

Japan / Japon global familylow

Japan

TsongainSouth Africa

Japan / Japon global familylow

JP

TswanainSouth Africa

Japan / Japon global familylow

Japan

VendainSouth Africa

Japan / Japon global familylow

EJapan

XhosainSouth Africa

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

i-Japan

ZuluinSouth Africa

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

일본

/Ilbon/

KoreaninSouth Korea

日本 / Nihon endonym familyhigh

Japan

EnglishinSouth Sudan

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japonia

BasqueinSpain

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japó

CatalaninSpain

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japan

glcinSpain

Japan / Japon global familylow

Japón

SpanishinSpain

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

ජපානය

/Japanaya/

SinhalainSri Lanka

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

ஜப்பான்

/Jappān/

TamilinSri Lanka

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

اليابان

/al-Yābān/

ArabicinSudan

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japan

EnglishinSudan

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japan

DutchinSuriname

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japan

SwedishinSweden

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japon

FrenchinSwitzerland

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Giappone

ItalianinSwitzerland

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Giapun

RomanshinSwitzerland

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japan

Swiss GermaninSwitzerland

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

اليابان

/al-Yābān/

ArabicinSyria

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

日本

/Rìběn/

ChineseinTaiwan

日本 / Nihon endonym familyhigh

Япония

/Yaponiya/

RussianinTajikistan

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Япония

/Yaponiya/

TajikinTajikistan

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japan

EnglishinTanzania

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japani

SwahiliinTanzania

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

ญี่ปุ่น

/Yīpun/

ThaiinThailand

日本 / Nihon endonym familyhigh

Japão

PortugueseinTimor-Leste

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japan

TetuminTimor-Leste

Japan / Japon global familylow

Japon

FrenchinTogo

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japan

EnglishinTrinidad and Tobago

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

اليابان

/al-Yābān/

ArabicinTunisia

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japonya

TurkishinTurkey

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Япония

/Yaponiya/

RussianinTurkmenistan

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Ýaponiýa

TurkmeninTurkmenistan

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japan

EnglishinUganda

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japani

SwahiliinUganda

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Японія

/Yaponiia/

UkrainianinUkraine

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

اليابان

/al-Yābān/

ArabicinUnited Arab Emirates

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japan

EnglishinUnited Kingdom

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japan

EnglishinUnited States

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japón

SpanishinUruguay

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Япония

/Yaponiya/

RussianinUzbekistan

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Yaponiya

UzbekinUzbekistan

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japan

BislamainVanuatu

Japan / Japon global familylow

Japan

EnglishinVanuatu

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japon

FrenchinVanuatu

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japón

SpanishinVenezuela

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Nhật Bản

/Nhật Bản/

VietnameseinVietnam

日本 / Nihon endonym familyhigh

Japan

Hassaniya ArabicinWestern Sahara

Japan / Japon global familylow

Japón

SpanishinWestern Sahara

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japan

Tamazight / BerberinWestern Sahara

Japan / Japon global familylow

اليابان

/al-Yābān/

ArabicinYemen

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japan

EnglishinZambia

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japan

ChibarweinZimbabwe

Japan / Japon global familylow

Japan

EnglishinZimbabwe

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japan

KalangainZimbabwe

Japan / Japon global familylow

Japan

Khoisan languagesinZimbabwe

Japan / Japon global familylow

Japan

NdauinZimbabwe

Japan / Japon global familylow

Japan

North NdebeleinZimbabwe

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japan

NyanjainZimbabwe

Japan / Japon global familylow

Japan

ShonainZimbabwe

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

JP

Southern SothoinZimbabwe

Japan / Japon global familylow

Japan

TongainZimbabwe

Japan / Japon global familylow

Japan

TsongainZimbabwe

Japan / Japon global familylow

JP

TswanainZimbabwe

Japan / Japon global familylow

Japan

VendainZimbabwe

Japan / Japon global familylow

EJapan

XhosainZimbabwe

Japan / Japon global familyhigh

Japan

Zimbabwe Sign LanguageinZimbabwe

Japan / Japon global familylow