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Appendix:Japanese surnames

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.

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Name Rank Regions/Prefectures Place of origin
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
  • Nationwide, but mostly in western Japan
  • Osaka Prefecture, San'in region, Fukuoka Prefecture, Kanto Region (especially Iruma ang Hiki, both in Saitama Prefecture), and Hokkaido
Takahashi 高橋 4 3 3 Tohoku (especially Kitakami, Iwate Prefecture) and central Shikoku
Watanabe 渡辺 5 4 5
  • Nationwide
  • southern part of eastern Japan, Shizuoka Prefecture, Yamanashi Prefecture, Nagoya (Chukyo) area, Kyushu (especially Oita Prefecture)
 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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