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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 ]
We have a list of the 75 most common Japanese surnames for you to read and learn! Related: If These 150 Popular Japanese Baby Names for Boys & Girls Aren't On Your Baby Naming List, They Should Be!
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.
Japanese names may be written in hiragana or katakana, the Japanese language syllabaries for words of Japanese or foreign origin, respectively. As such, names written in hiragana or katakana are phonetic rendering and lack meanings that are expressed by names written in the logographic kanji.
Watanabe (渡辺 and other variants [note 1]) is a Japanese surname derived from the noble and samurai Watanabe clan, a branch of the Minamoto clan, descending from the Emperor Saga (786-842), the 52nd Emperor of Japan, and refers to a location called 'Watanabe no tsu' which was settled by the Watanabe clan, who took the name of the place.
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.)
As of 2008, it is the second most common surname in Japan, after Satō, with 1.9 million people registered. [1] It is said to have been named by the Hozumi clan (穂積氏) in the Heian period (794-1185), after suzuki, which means "the ears of rice piled up" in the dialect of southern Wakayama and Mie prefectures (also known as Kumano ). [ 2 ]
Nakamura (surname) 5 languages. Français ... Japanese: Meaning: Middle village: Region of origin: Japanese [1] Nakamura (中村, Nakamura) is a Japanese family name ...