Most common surnames in Japan

The 100 surnames with the most bearers in Japan

Tanaka
#1
24.836.144
bearers (top 100)
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This table shows the 100 most common surnames in Japan, ranked by number of bearers. Data comes from official censuses and civil registries.

Okamura
1.250.285
2
Tanaka
1.412.059
1
Ito
1.131.380
3
# Surname Bearers Share
1 Tanaka 1.412.059
5.7%
2 Okamura 1.250.285
5%
3 Ito 1.131.380
4.6%
4 Inoue 1.100.162
4.4%
5 Ishii 865.508
3.5%
6 Ishida 689.033
2.8%
7 Yaguchi 658.957
2.7%
8 Kimura 603.312
2.4%
9 Abu 542.403
2.2%
10 Nakashima 499.611
2%
11 Aoki 471.655
1.9%
12 Sanka 436.749
1.8%
13 Okawa 410.332
1.7%
14 Takeuchi 368.220
1.5%
15 Arai 362.017
1.5%
16 Saito 356.654
1.4%
17 Nakano 330.655
1.3%
18 Shiraishi 319.344
1.3%
19 Miura 305.801
1.2%
20 Sakai 289.303
1.2%
21 Uchiyama 275.331
1.1%
22 Morita 272.326
1.1%
23 Ageta 253.988
1%
24 Kawano 251.722
1%
25 Miyamoto 243.911
1%
26 Oshima 231.375
0.9%
27 Imai 222.305
0.9%
28 Kawamura 219.392
0.9%
29 Saita 218.918
0.9%
30 Murata 215.111
0.9%
31 Kan 213.497
0.9%
32 Kubota 212.724
0.9%
33 Sakurai 211.202
0.9%
34 Oba 208.910
0.8%
35 Oyama 207.656
0.8%
36 Matsui 206.979
0.8%
37 Taketa 200.899
0.8%
38 Sano 194.709
0.8%
39 Nagai 193.492
0.8%
40 Imura 191.550
0.8%
41 Matsuo 191.068
0.8%
42 Kishimoto 190.738
0.8%
43 Abe 185.602
0.7%
44 Kitamura 171.986
0.7%
45 Osawa 163.259
0.7%
46 Agari 161.215
0.6%
47 Uchida 161.198
0.6%
48 Kanno 159.942
0.6%
49 Ada 159.450
0.6%
50 Hayashi 159.221
0.6%
51 Tsuchiya 158.581
0.6%
52 Kawasaki 158.516
0.6%
53 Akiyama 156.404
0.6%
54 Iwata 156.037
0.6%
55 Kano 155.801
0.6%
56 Isa 155.609
0.6%
57 Asano 149.465
0.6%
58 Hotta 149.322
0.6%
59 Yano 144.763
0.6%
60 Matsushita 142.478
0.6%
61 Hoshino 142.290
0.6%
62 Araki 142.194
0.6%
63 Kaai 140.702
0.6%
64 Osaki 138.350
0.6%
65 Uemura 138.083
0.6%
66 Nota 137.170
0.6%
67 Matsuura 136.305
0.5%
68 Miyata 133.026
0.5%
69 Hirai 130.742
0.5%
70 Okura 130.189
0.5%
71 Nishiyama 128.777
0.5%
72 Ota 128.498
0.5%
73 Amano 128.356
0.5%
74 Kasai 126.373
0.5%
75 Ori 125.832
0.5%
76 Oishi 124.863
0.5%
77 Ishizaki 123.573
0.5%
78 Imoto 120.922
0.5%
79 Onishi 116.278
0.5%
80 Fukui 114.017
0.5%
81 Koga 114.016
0.5%
82 Honma 113.403
0.5%
83 Kaneda 112.295
0.5%
84 Oka 112.190
0.5%
85 Aki 110.521
0.4%
86 Okumura 110.301
0.4%
87 Narita 110.003
0.4%
88 Tashima 109.681
0.4%
89 Asai 108.759
0.4%
90 Kataoka 108.568
0.4%
91 Sugiura 108.176
0.4%
92 Makino 105.757
0.4%
93 Nakamura 105.613
0.4%
94 Hagi 105.317
0.4%
95 Tokuda 103.277
0.4%
96 Aita 103.061
0.4%
97 Nakao 102.522
0.4%
98 Imamura 102.295
0.4%
99 Kita 102.263
0.4%
100 Okabe 101.494
0.4%
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FAQs

What are the most common surnames in Japan?
According to our official census data, the most common surname in Japan is Tanaka, with 1.412.059. registered bearers. This table shows the 100 most frequent surnames in the country.
How many different surnames are registered in Japan?
Our database contains hundreds of surnames with a presence in Japan. This table shows the 100 most frequent.
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