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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]
Such names are roughly equivalent to the English or Welsh surnames Richardson or Richards. The Russian equivalent of 'Smith', 'Jones', and 'Brown' (that is, the generic most often used surnames) are Ivanov, Petrov, Sidorov , or 'Johns', 'Peters', and ' Isidores ', although Sidorov is now ranked only 66th.
Brown was born in Miyazaki, Japan.Her mother, Mieko, is Japanese, and her father, Stuart, [4] is British. [5] [6] [7] She has a younger brother, Ocean Brown.In Japanese, her given name is written in katakana as スカイ (Sukai) or in kanji as 澄海 (Sukai); as is standard for Japanese surnames of foreign origin, her family name is written only in katakana.
Pages in category "Japanese-language surnames" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 2,999 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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
Pages in category "British people of Japanese descent" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total. ... This page was last edited on 12 February 2024
Japanese in the United Kingdom include British citizens of Japanese ancestry (Japanese: 日系イギリス人, Hepburn: Nikkei Igirisujin) or permanent residents of Japanese birth or citizenship, as well as expatriate business professionals and their dependents on limited-term employment visas, students, trainees and young people participating in the UK government-sponsored Youth Mobility Scheme.
Combined names come from old traditional families and are considered one last name, but are rare. Although Argentina is a Spanish-speaking country, it is also composed of other varied European influences, such as Italian, French, Russian, German, etc. Children typically use their fathers' last names only.