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Pages in category "Japanese masculine given names" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 1,417 total.
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 ]
Pages in category "Japanese-language surnames" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 2,985 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Japanese names (日本人の氏名、日本人の姓名、日本人の名前, Nihonjin no Shimei, Nihonjin no Seimei, Nihonjin no Namae) in modern times consist of a family name (surname) followed by a given name. Japanese names are usually written in kanji, where the pronunciation follows a special set of rules.
They are listed alphabetically by their family names. Some changed their names and they are listed by their final names. Note that this list is not complete or comprehensive; the total number of persons who belonged to the samurai-class of Japanese society, during the time that such a social category existed, would be in the millions.
Pages in category "Japanese feminine given names" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 538 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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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.