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  2. 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.

  3. 75 of the Most Common Japanese Last Names and Their Meanings

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    7. Yamamoto. This means "one who lives at the foot of the mountains." 8. Nakamura. Means "person from middle village." 9. Kobayashi. Means "small forest."

  4. Japanese name - Wikipedia

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    In some names, Japanese characters phonetically "spell" a name and have no intended meaning behind them. Many Japanese personal names use puns. [16] Although usually written in kanji, Japanese names have distinct differences from Chinese names through the selection of characters in a name and the pronunciation of them. A Japanese person can ...

  5. The Top 100 Historical Persons in Japan - Wikipedia

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    The Top 100 Historical Persons (超大型歴史アカデミー史上初1億3000万人が選ぶニッポン人が好きな偉人ベスト100発表 [1] in Japanese), aired on Nippon Television on May 7, 2006. The program featured the results of a survey that asked Japanese people to choose their favorite great person from history. The show ...

  6. 130 Japanese baby names for boys - AOL

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    There are also an abundance of choices for name ideas with rich meanings behind them. One Japanese boy name — Kai — has been in the top 100 baby boy names for the last five years, according to ...

  7. 100 Japanese baby names for girls - AOL

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    100 Japanese Girl Names. With so many wonderful Japanese girl names to choose from, how will you decide? Hopefully, this list of 100 names will help you narrow it down. Aoi. Himari. Emi. Noemi ...

  8. Lists of most common surnames in Asian countries - Wikipedia

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    Such names are roughly equivalent to the English or Welsh surnames Richardson or Richards. The Russian equivalent of 'Smith', 'Jones', and 'Brown' (that is, the generic most often used surnames) are Ivanov, Petrov, Sidorov , or 'Johns', 'Peters', and ' Isidores ', although Sidorov is now ranked only 66th.

  9. 200 Japanese baby names for boys and girls - AOL

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    200 Japanese Baby Names. There are so many wonderful Japanese baby names to choose, how will you decide? Hopefully, this list of 200 names will help you narrow it down. Aoi. Himari. Emi. Naomi ...