Japanese Surnames

Explore Japanese last names — their meanings, origins, and famous bearers.

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Ishikawa
Topographic surname meaning stone river.
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Sato
Very common Japanese surname, historically linked to clan and office associat...
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Suzuki
Historic Japanese surname often interpreted as bell tree in common readings.
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Saito
Japanese surname meaning purification or abstinence from the wisteria plant. ...
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Okamoto
Topographic surname meaning hill base or origin hill.
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Tanaka
Topographic surname meaning central rice field or field in the middle.
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Yamamoto
Topographic surname meaning base of the mountain.
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Hattori
Japanese surname meaning 'clothing guild', from hatto/hatori (loom weaver). I...
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Kaneko
Japanese surname meaning 'golden child', from kane (gold, metal) and ko (chil...
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Miyamoto
Japanese surname meaning 'base of the shrine', combining miya (shrine, palace...
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Terada
Japanese surname meaning 'temple rice paddy', combining tera (Buddhist temple...
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Fukuda
Japanese surname meaning 'blessed rice paddy', combining fuku (good fortune, ...
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Tsuchiya
Japanese surname meaning 'earth house', from tsuchi (earth, soil) and ya (hou...
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Arakawa
Japanese surname meaning 'rough river', from ara (rough, wild) and kawa (rive...
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Hosokawa
Japanese surname meaning 'slender river', from hoso (narrow, slender) and kaw...
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Kuroda
Japanese surname meaning 'black rice paddy', from kuro (black) and da (rice f...
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Matsuda
Japanese surname meaning 'pine rice paddy', combining matsu (pine tree) and d...
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Kudoh
Japanese surname meaning 'work and wisteria', from ku (craft, work) and do/fu...
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Ichikawa
Japanese surname meaning 'one river', combining ichi (one) and kawa (river). ...
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Hirano
Japanese surname meaning 'level field', combining hira (flat, level) and no (...
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Yasuda
Japanese surname meaning 'peaceful rice paddy', combining yasu (peaceful, che...
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Sugimoto
Japanese surname meaning 'base of the cedar', combining sugi (cedar tree) and...
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Masuda
Japanese surname meaning 'increasing rice paddy', from masu (to increase, to ...
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Ueno
Japanese surname meaning 'upper field', combining ue (above, upper) and no (f...
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Takeda
Japanese surname meaning 'military virtue', combining take (military, warrior...
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Sugiyama
Japanese surname meaning 'cedar mountain', from sugi (cedar tree) and yama (m...
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Maruyama
Japanese surname meaning 'round mountain', combining maru (round, circle) and...
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Ando
Japanese surname meaning 'peaceful wisteria', combining an (peaceful, calm) a...
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Kinoshita
Japanese surname meaning 'beneath the tree', from ki (tree) and noshita (bene...
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Nomura
Japanese surname meaning 'field village', combining no (field) and mura (vill...
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Kikuchi
Japanese surname meaning 'chrysanthemum pond', combining kiku (chrysanthemum)...
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Ota
Japanese surname meaning 'great rice paddy', from o (great, large) and ta (ri...
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Kojima
Japanese surname meaning 'small island', combining ko (small) and jima (islan...
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Sakurai
Japanese surname meaning 'cherry blossom well', combining sakura (cherry blos...
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Harada
Japanese surname meaning 'meadow rice paddy', from hara (field, meadow) and d...
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Shibata
Japanese surname meaning 'brushwood rice paddy', from shiba (brushwood, turf)...
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Uchida
Japanese surname meaning 'within the rice paddy', combining uchi (within, ins...
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Morita
Japanese surname meaning 'forest rice paddy', from mori (forest) and ta (rice...
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Ishida
Japanese surname meaning 'stone rice paddy', combining ishi (stone) and da (r...
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Yamashita
Japanese surname meaning 'below the mountain', from yama (mountain) and shita...
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Takeuchi
Japanese surname meaning 'within the bamboo', from take (bamboo) and uchi (wi...
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Murakami
Japanese surname meaning 'above the village', combining mura (village) and ka...
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Hasegawa
Japanese surname meaning 'long valley river', combining hase (long valley) an...
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Matsui
Japanese surname meaning 'pine well', from matsu (pine tree) and i (well). It...
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Noguchi
Japanese surname meaning 'entrance to the field', from no (field, plain) and ...
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Imai
Japanese surname meaning 'present well', from ima (now, present) and i (well)...
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Ueda
Japanese surname meaning 'above the rice paddy', from ue (above, upper) and d...
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Takahashi
Topographic surname meaning tall bridge.
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Watanabe
Historic Japanese surname associated with a crossing or ferry side in older p...
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Yamaguchi
Japanese surname meaning mouth of the mountain or mountain entrance. One of t...
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