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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 2,999 total.
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 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 ...
Japanese: Meaning: base of the pine tree ... is the 15th most common Japanese surname. [1] ... better known as Shoko Asahara, Japanese cult leader and founder of Aum ...
Different meanings depending on the kanji used: Tomonaga is both a masculine Japanese given name and a Japanese surname. ... 友長, "friend, long/leader" 知永 ...
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: (Names are listed by field, alphabetically by given name in the western convention of given-name, surname for clarity.)
Hitoshi Goto (born 1957), Japanese politician, governor of Yamanashi Prefecture; Gotō Morinori (1840–1875), Japanese daimyō of Fukue Domain in what is now Nagasaki Prefecture; Gotō Shinpei (1857–1929), Japanese statesman and cabinet member; Gotō Shōjirō (1838–1897), Japanese politician and leader of the Freedom and People's Rights ...