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  2. 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."

  3. List of common Japanese surnames - Wikipedia

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    Officially, among Japanese names there are 291,129 different Japanese surnames (姓, sei), [1] as determined by their kanji, although many of these are pronounced and romanized similarly. Conversely, some surnames written the same in kanji may also be pronounced differently. [ 2 ]

  4. Doi (surname) - Wikipedia

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    Doi (土井、土居、土肥) are three Japanese family names that are pronounced identically, with the first kanji of each pair of characters meaning "earth." [1] Since they are the same phonetically, they are romanized identically: "do" for the first character and "i" for the second.

  5. Category:Japanese-language surnames - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Japanese-language surnames" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 2,987 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .

  6. Japanese name - Wikipedia

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    Japanese names (日本人の氏名、日本人の姓名、日本人の名前, Nihonjin no shimei, Nihonjin no seimei, Nihonjin no namae) in modern times consist of a family name (surname) followed by a given name. Japanese names are usually written in kanji, where the pronunciation follows a special set of rules. Because parents when naming ...

  7. Wikipedia : WikiProject Japan/List of Japanese names

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  8. List of Japanese deities - Wikipedia

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    Dojin (土神), is a Japanese god of earth, land, and/or soil. [citation needed] Futodama (布刀玉命) is a kami who performed a divination when Amaterasu hid in a cave. [16] Futsunushi (経津主神) Main deity at Katori Shrine. Haniyasu no kami, two deities born from Izanami's feces. [17]

  9. Okinawan name - Wikipedia

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    Okinawan last name Hanko seals in Tsurumi Okinawa Street. Okinawan names (Okinawan: 名 / なー, nā) today have only two components, the family names (surnames or last names) first and the given names last. Okinawan family names represent the distinct historical and cultural background of the islands which now comprise Okinawa Prefecture in ...