Chatan (surname)

Chatan (北谷) is an ancient Okinawan surname and this surname is read Kitatani in Japanese nowadays. Notable people with the surname include:
 * Chatan Chōai (1650–1719), prince of Ryukyu Kingdom, Japan
 * Chatan Chōchō (1607–1667), bureaucrat of Ryukyu Kingdom, Japan
 * Chatan Chōki (1703–1739), prince of Ryukyu Kingdom, Japan
 * Chatan Yara (1668–1756), Ryukyuan martial artist