What is the most famous last name in Japan?

What is the most famous last name in Japan?

Most Common Last Names In Japan

Rank Surname Incidence
1 Sato 1,957,222
2 Suzuki 1,889,310
3 Tanaka 1,414,306
4 Watanabe 1,364,264

What is a rare Japanese last name?

Nomura. This is a rare last name in Japan which means ‘village in the field’.

What does Namiko mean in Japanese?

The Japanese meaning of Namiko is: Child of Nami.

Is tsukiko a surname?

The name Tsukiko is primarily a female name of Japanese origin that means Moon.

What are some good Japanese last names?

Mamoru ― Protective

  • Manabu ― Studious
  • Masa ― Good son
  • Masaaki ― Correct brightness
  • Masahiko ― Correct prince
  • Masahiro ― Broad-minded
  • Masakazu ― First son of Masa
  • Masaki ― Correct record,elegant tree
  • Nori ― Good son
  • Norioman ― Of principles
  • What are some evil Japanese last names?

    Abital (Testament origin) meaning “my father is night dew.” It is the name of a character in ‘Book of Samuel’,as King David’s wife.

  • Asra (Arabic origin) meaning “a night journey.”
  • Blake (Old English origin) meaning “black”.
  • Blakely (English origin) meaning “dark or black.” Allison Blakely was a great American historian.
  • What are the rarest Japanese last names?

    佐藤 Satō

  • 鈴木 Suzuki
  • 高橋 Takahashi
  • 田中 Tanaka
  • 伊藤 Itō
  • 渡辺 Watanabe
  • 山本Yamamoto
  • 中村 Nakamura
  • 小林 Kobayashi
  • 加藤 Katō. In three weeks’ time,this column will take a look at Japanese first names.
  • What are the most common Asian last names?

    “Li” or “Lee” is a very common family name, so much so that it’s also recognized in another Asian language, Vietnamese, as Lý. “Kim” is the most common Korean surname because there are over 600 different Kim clans. Two of the most memorable Kim clans, dating back to the Shilla kingdom, were the Gyeongju Kim and Gimehae Kim.