Names of Japan

Names of Japan - overview of names for the Asian island state. Article “Names of Japan” in English Wikipedia has 69.5 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 58 references and 18 sections.

In this language version of Wikipedia the article has the best quality. Also, this article is the most popular in that (English) language version.

Since the creation of article “Names of Japan”, its content was written by 385 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 672 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 263 times in English Wikipedia and cited 503 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #4298 in June 2005
• Global: #20572 in June 2005

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #33464 in August 2022
• Global: #52913 in August 2022

There are 14 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2025 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	English (en) Names of Japan		69.5212
2	Japanese (ja) 日本の国号		45.4961
3	Spanish (es) Nombres de Japón		42.8617
4	Vietnamese (vi) Tên gọi Nhật Bản		38.0995
5	Chinese (zh) 日本的名稱		35.4157
6	Russian (ru) Название Японии		32.8176
7	Hindi (hi) जापान के नाम		29.3654
8	French (fr) Noms du Japon		25.1229
9	Persian (fa) نام‌های ژاپن		24.1088
10	Malay (ms) Nama-nama Jepun		19.681

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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

The most popular language versions of the article "Names of Japan" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Names of Japan		3 583 511
2	Spanish (es) Nombres de Japón		296 572
3	Chinese (zh) 日本的名稱		281 298
4	French (fr) Noms du Japon		265 513
5	Russian (ru) Название Японии		114 803
6	Portuguese (pt) Nomes do Japão		85 933
7	Italian (it) Nomi del Giappone		74 972
8	Vietnamese (vi) Tên gọi Nhật Bản		50 539
9	Korean (ko) 일본의 국호		40 770
10	Hindi (hi) जापान के नाम		17 288

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

The most popular language versions of the article "Names of Japan" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Names of Japan		17 145
2	Japanese (ja) 日本の国号		2 123
3	Chinese (zh) 日本的名稱		1 771
4	Russian (ru) Название Японии		1 091
5	French (fr) Noms du Japon		618
6	Spanish (es) Nombres de Japón		495
7	Vietnamese (vi) Tên gọi Nhật Bản		405
8	Portuguese (pt) Nomes do Japão		403
9	Italian (it) Nomi del Giappone		144
10	Persian (fa) نام‌های ژاپن		103

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

Language versions of the article "Names of Japan" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Names of Japan		385
2	French (fr) Noms du Japon		85
3	Chinese (zh) 日本的名稱		73
4	Spanish (es) Nombres de Japón		52
5	Italian (it) Nomi del Giappone		24
6	Japanese (ja) 日本の国号		11
7	Portuguese (pt) Nomes do Japão		8
8	Russian (ru) Название Японии		8
9	Korean (ko) 일본의 국호		7
10	Vietnamese (vi) Tên gọi Nhật Bản		7

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

Language versions of the article "Names of Japan" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Japanese (ja) 日本の国号		2
2	English (en) Names of Japan		0
3	Spanish (es) Nombres de Japón		0
4	Persian (fa) نام‌های ژاپن		0
5	French (fr) Noms du Japon		0
6	Hindi (hi) जापान के नाम		0
7	Indonesian (id) Nama-nama Jepang		0
8	Italian (it) Nomi del Giappone		0
9	Korean (ko) 일본의 국호		0
10	Malay (ms) Nama-nama Jepun		0

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

Language versions of the article "Names of Japan" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Names of Japan		263
2	Chinese (zh) 日本的名稱		77
3	French (fr) Noms du Japon		53
4	Russian (ru) Название Японии		20
5	Korean (ko) 일본의 국호		16
6	Japanese (ja) 日本の国号		15
7	Italian (it) Nomi del Giappone		14
8	Spanish (es) Nombres de Japón		13
9	Portuguese (pt) Nomes do Japão		11
10	Persian (fa) نام‌های ژاپن		7

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#	Language	Value
en	English Names of Japan
es	Spanish Nombres de Japón
fa	Persian نام‌های ژاپن
fr	French Noms du Japon
hi	Hindi जापान के नाम
id	Indonesian Nama-nama Jepang
it	Italian Nomi del Giappone
ja	Japanese 日本の国号
ko	Korean 일본의 국호
ms	Malay Nama-nama Jepun
pt	Portuguese Nomes do Japão
ru	Russian Название Японии
vi	Vietnamese Tên gọi Nhật Bản
zh	Chinese 日本的名稱

Best Rank

English: #33464 08.2022

Global: #52913 08.2022

Best Rank

English: #4298 06.2005

Global: #20572 06.2005

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