This list of Japanese surnames is meant to complement the contents of Category:Japanese surnames. Surnames without disambiguation pages or articles will be red-links.
Name | Rank | Regions/Prefectures | Place of origin | |||
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Romaji | Kanji (or Kana) | 2014 (Forebears) | 2010 (University of Shizuoka) | 2008 (Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company, National Last Name Investigation) | ||
Sato | 佐藤 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Hokkaido and Tohoku (especially Akita Prefecture) | |
Suzuki | 鈴木 | 2 | 2 | 2 | Aichi Prefecture (especially Mikawa), Shizuoka Prefecture, south Kanto, and Tohoku | Kainan, Wakayama Prefecture |
Tanaka | 田中 | 3 | 5 | 4 |
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Takahashi | 高橋 | 4 | 3 | 3 | Tohoku (especially Kitakami, Iwate Prefecture) and central Shikoku | |
Watanabe | 渡辺 | 5 | 4 | 5 |
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Chuo Ward, Osaka |
Nakamura | 中村 | 6 | 8 | 7 | West Japan (especially Kansai (Kinki) and Kyushu regions) | |
Yamamoto | 山本 | 7 | 7 | 9 | West Japan (especially Hokuriku and San'yo regions), Saitama Prefecture, and Shizuoka Prefecture | |
Kobayashi | 小林 | 8 | 9 | 8 | Kanto, Shin'etsu (Nagano Prefecture and Niigata Prefecture), Kansai (Kinki), and Chugoku regions | |
Ito | 伊藤 | 9 | 6 | 6 | ||
Yamada | 山田 | 10 | 13 | 12 | ||
Saito | 斎藤, 斉藤 | 11 | 10 | 20, 21 | ||
Kato | 加藤 | 12 | 11 | 10 | ||
Yoshida | 吉田 | 13 | 12 | 11 | ||
Inoue | 井上 | 14 | 17 | 16 | ||
Hayashi | 林 | 15 | 19 | 19 |
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