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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.
Some specialized Japanese dictionaries include the taito, daito, or otodo characters. Ono and Fujita's (1977) dictionary of Japanese names with difficult readings enters variant 1 pronounced daito or otodo. Ōsuga's (1964) surname dictionary and Sugaware and Hida's (1990) kokuji dictionary include graphic variant 2 pronounced taito.
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.
Lists of East Asian surnames include common Chinese, Japanese, and Korean surnames, or family names. List of common Chinese surnames; List of common Japanese surnames;
Nakayama (written: 中山 lit. "Central Mountain") is a Japanese surname. The Nakayama are descended from 12th century aristocrat Nakayama Tadachika, most notably as the mother of the Emperor Meiji, Nakayama Yoshiko.
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Meaning. Taiyaki. Fish-shaped pastry stuffed with red bean paste or custard. Senbei. Round Japanese rice cracker. Futomaki. A thick sushi stuffed with various fillings, literally "fat sushi roll ...