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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.
Hachiman ( 八幡神) is the god of war and the divine protector of Japan and its people. Originally an agricultural deity, he later became the guardian of the Minamoto clan. His symbolic animal and messenger is the dove. Inari Ōkami ( 稲荷大神) The god or goddess of rice and fertility.
Hino (written: 日野 or 火野 lit. "sun field" or "fire field") is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: Akihiro Hino (日野 晃博, born 1968), Japanese video game designer and businessman. Ashihei Hino (火野 葦平, 1907 – 1960), Japanese soldier. Hideshi Hino (日野 日出志, born 1946), Japanese manga artist ...
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Nakayama (written: 中山 lit. "Central Mountain") is a Japanese surname. The Nakayama are descended from 12th century aristocrat Nakayama Tadachika, most notably as the mother of the Emperor Meiji, Nakayama Yoshiko. Only a handful of Nakayama today have direct ties to this branch and entitled to use the kakitsubata bishi mon .
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.
Language (s) Japanese. Meaning. "the ears of rice piled up" in the dialect of southern Wakayama and Mie prefectures. Region of origin. Japan. Look up Suzuki in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Suzuki (written: 鈴木 lit. "bell wood", "bell tree" or "bud tree") is a Japanese surname.
Tokugawa ( Shinjitai spelling: 徳川; Kyūjitai spelling: 德川) is a surname in Japan literally meaning "virtuous river". It originated with Tokugawa Ieyasu, who took the surname in 1567, reviving an ancestral placename. He and his fourteen successors were shōguns during the Edo period of Japanese history. Some of his sons also bore the ...