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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!
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 peasants had surnames in the Edo period; however, they could not use them in public. [7] Most surnames are written with two kanji characters, but some common surnames are written with one or three kanji. [8] Some surnames written with four or five kanji exist, such as Kadenokōji (勘解由小路), but these are rare. [9]
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;
Pages in category "Japanese feminine given names" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 553 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Surnames were largely introduced to Thai culture only by the 1913 Surname Act. [19] The law does not allow one to create any surname that is duplicated with any existing surnames. [ 20 ] Under Thai law, only one family can create any given surname: any two people of the same surname must be related, and it is very rare for two people to share ...
Ishikawa (Ghost in the Shell), a character in the Japanese seinen manga Ghost in the Shell; Sensei Sadanobu Ishikawa, a character in the video game Ghost of Tsushima, voiced by and with motion-capture by François Chau; Goemon Ishikawa XIII, a character in the Japanese manga series Lupin III; Fumiko Ishikawa, a character in popular FNF ...