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  2. 75 of the Most Common Japanese Last Names and Their ... - AOL

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    Means "middle river." Related: Surnames From Around the World, Near and Tsar—Here's a List of 100 Russian Last Names! 45. Nakajima. Means "middle island." 46. Nishikawa. Means "western river ...

  3. List of common Japanese surnames - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. Category:Japanese-language surnames - Wikipedia

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    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 2,991 total.

  5. Igarashi - Wikipedia

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    Igarashi, Ikarashi or Isoarashi (五 十 嵐, "fifty storms") is a Japanese surname. This surname said to have origin Ikarashi river , that flows in central Niigata Prefecture . The name of Ikarashi comes from the ancient legend of Yamato prince Ikatarashihiko-no-mikoto (五十日足彦命), pioneer of this region, or Ainu word Inkar-us-i ...

  6. Lists of East Asian surnames - Wikipedia

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    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;

  7. Japanese surnames - Wikipedia

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    This page was last edited on 15 June 2020, at 22:29 (UTC).; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may ...

  8. Watanabe - Wikipedia

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    Watanabe (渡辺 and other variants [note 1]) is a Japanese surname derived from the noble and samurai Watanabe clan, a branch of the Minamoto clan, descending from the Emperor Saga (786-842), the 52nd Emperor of Japan, and refers to a location called 'Watanabe no tsu' which was settled by the Watanabe clan, who took the name of the place.

  9. Minamoto (surname) - Wikipedia

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    Minamoto (源, みなもと、ミナモト) is an ancient and noble Japanese family name [1] that is mostly known for its history as a powerful clan during the Heian period.. The name itself is not common today as most of the descendant families have taken other surnames, usually from their places of residence.