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7. Yamamoto. This means "one who lives at the foot of the mountains." 8. Nakamura. Means "person from middle village." 9. Kobayashi. Means "small forest."
The top 10 surnames cover approximately 10% of the population, while the top 100 surnames cover slightly more than 33%. [3] This ranking is a result of an August 2008 study by Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company, [3] which included approximately 6,118,000 customers of Meiji Yasuda's insurance and annuities.
Japanese-language surnames of Chinese origin (1 P) Pages in category "Japanese-language surnames" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 2,998 total.
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Lists of East Asian surnames include common Chinese, Japanese, and Korean surnames, or family names. List of ...
Japanese peasants had surnames in the Edo period; however, they could not use them in public. [7] Most surnames are written with two kanji characters, but some common surnames are written with one or three kanji. [8] Some surnames written with four or five kanji exist, such as Kadenokōji (勘解由小路), but these are rare. [9]
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Appearance. move to sidebar hide ... This is a list of Japanese given names (G), surnames (S), and place names ...
The ability for Japanese families to track their lineage over successive generations plays a far more important role than simply having the same name as another family, as many commoners did not use a family name prior to the Meiji Restoration, and many simply adopted (名字, myōji) the name of the lord of their village, or the name of their ...
The Japanese reading of the characters in one of Chinese leader Sun Yat-sen's familiar names, Sun Zhongshan (孫中山), is also read as "Nakayama" in Japanese. Other notable people with the surname include: