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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.
Some surnames written with four or five kanji exist, such as Kadenokōji (勘解由小路), but these are rare. [9] One large category of family names can be categorized as -tō names. The kanji 藤, meaning wisteria, has the on'yomi tō (or, with rendaku, dō). Many Japanese people have surnames that include this kanji as the second character.
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;
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Sinhalese native surnames have a Sanskrit origin. Tamils, Sri Lankan Moors and Sri Lankan Malays have distinctive surnames for their own ethnicities. Many Sinhalese surnames end with Singhe (Sinhala: සිංහ, lit. 'lion'), such as Jayasinghe, Ranasinghe, Samarasinghe.
This also extends to many traditional activities with special meaning, like Ikebana, the art of flower arranging, which is considered a meditative practice in its slowness and attention to detail.