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Officially, among Japanese names there are 291,129 different Japanese surnames (姓, sei), [1] as determined by their kanji, although many of these are pronounced and romanized similarly. Conversely, some surnames written the same in kanji may also be pronounced differently. [ 2 ]
Therefore, to those familiar with Japanese names, which name is the surname and which is the given name is usually apparent, no matter in which order the names are presented. It is thus unlikely that the two names will be confused, for example, when writing in English while using the family name-given name naming order.
Pages in category "Japanese-language surnames" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 2,988 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The law does not allow one to create any surname that is duplicated with any existing surnames. [16] Under Thai law, only one family can create any given surname: any two people of the same surname must be related, and it is very rare for two people to share the same full name. In one sample of 45,665 names, 81% of family names were unique. [17]
Japanese names traditionally follow the Eastern name order. An honorific is generally used when referring to the person one is talking to (one's interlocutor), or when referring to an unrelated third party in speech. However, it is dropped by some superiors when referring to one's in-group or informal writing.
The name card of this Japanese voice actress features her name as "Halko Momoi", written in Western name order, whereas her name in Japanese, which uses Eastern order, would be Momoi Haruko. In this Hungarian magazine, Abraham Lincoln's name is spelled in Eastern name order following contemporary practice, [14] as "Lincoln Ábrahám".
This is a list of Japanese clans. The old clans ( gōzoku ) mentioned in the Nihon Shoki and Kojiki lost their political power before the Heian period , during which new aristocracies and families, kuge , emerged in their place.
Pages in category "Japanese masculine given names" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 1,416 total. ... This page was last edited on 12 ...