Top Japanese Last Names, Surnames, or Family Names

Discover a curated list of the most common and popular Japanese surnames, their meanings, and cultural significance. These family names reflect the rich heritage and history of Japan.

10 Most Common Last Names in Japan.

Explore the top 10 last names frequently found in Japan. These surnames hold a special place in Japanese culture and often have fascinating origins:

1. Chan
2. Wong
3. Lee
4. Cheung
5. Lau
6. Lam
7. Cheng
8. Ng
9. Mak
10. Yip

List of Best Japanese Surnames or Family Names

Here’s a broader collection of notable Japanese last names that carry historical and cultural significance. Whether you’re exploring heritage or just curious, these surnames tell stories of professions, regions, and legacies.

1. Abe
2. Adachi
3. Agatsuma
4. Aida
5. Aihara
6. Aikawa
7. Aizawa
8. Akabane
9. Akagi
10. Akamatsu
11. Akasaka
12. Akashi
13. Akiba
14. Akimoto
15. Akita
16. Akiyama
17. Akutsu
18. Amamiya
19. Amano
20. Ando
21. Anzai
22. Aoki
23. Aono
24. Aoyagi
25. Aoyama
26. Aragaki
27. Arai
28. Arakawa
29. Araki
30. Araya
31. Ariga
32. Arima
33. Arita
34. Asada
35. Asagawa
36. Asai
37. Asakura
38. Asano
39. Asanuma
40. Ashida
41. Asou
42. Atsumi
43. Baba
44. Bando
45. Chiba
46. Chinen
47. Chino
48. Daisen
49. Deguchi
50. Dobashi
51. Doi
52. Ebara
53. Ebihara
54. Eda
55. Egawa
56. Eguchi
57. Endo
58. Enomoto
59. Enzan
60. Eto
61. Ezaki
62. Fujii
63. Fujikawa
64. Fujiki
65. Fujimori
66. Fujimoto
67. Fujimura
68. Fujino
69. Fujioka
70. Fujisaki
71. Fujisawa
72. Fujishima
73. Fujita
74. Fujiwara
75. Fukai
76. Fukata
77. Fukaya
78. Fukazawa
79. Fukuchi
80. Fukuda
81. Fukuhara
82. Fukui
83. Fukumoto
84. Fukunaga
85. Fukuoka
86. Fukushima
87. Fukuyama
88. Fukuzawa
89. Funaki
90. Funakoshi
91. Furuhashi
92. Furukawa
93. Furusawa
94. Furuta
95. Furuya
96. Furuyama
97. Fuse
98. Gezan
99. Goda
100. Goto
101. Gunji
102. Haga
103. Hagihara
104. Hakucho
105. Hama
106. Hamada
107. Hamaguchi
108. Hamamoto
109. Hamano
110. Hamazaki
111. Hanada
112. Hanai
113. Hanaoka
114. Hanawa
115. Handa
116. Hara
117. Harada
118. Haraguchi
119. Hase
120. Hasebe
121. Hasegawa
122. Hashiguchi
123. Hashimoto
124. Hashizume
125. Hata
126. Hatake
127. Hatakenaka
128. Hatakeyama
129. Hatanaka
130. Hatano
131. Hatta
132. Hattori
133. Hayakawa
134. Hayasaka
135. Hayashi
136. Hayashida
137. Hibino
138. Hida
139. Hidaka
140. Higashi
141. Higuchi
142. Hika
143. Hikita
144. Hino
145. Hirabayashi
146. Hiraga
147. Hirai
148. Hiramatsu
149. Hiramoto
150. Hirano
151. Hirao
152. Hiraoka
153. Hirasawa
154. Hirata
155. Hiratsuka
156. Hirayama
157. Hirokawa
158. Hirose
159. Hirota
160. Hiyama
161. Hojo
162. Honda
163. Honjo
164. Honma
165. Honson
166. Honzan
167. Hori
168. Horie
169. Horiguchi
170. Horii
171. Horikawa
172. Horikoshi
173. Horiuchi
174. Hosaka
175. Hoshi
176. Hoshino
177. Hosoda
178. Hosoi
179. Hosokawa
180. Hosono
181. Hosoya
182. Hotta
183. Hyodo
184. Hyugawa
185. Ichihara
186. Ichikawa
187. Ichimura
188. Ichinose
189. Ida
190. Ide
191. Igarashi
192. Igawa
193. Iguchi
194. Ihara
195. Ijima
196. Ikeda
197. Ikegami
198. Ikegaya
199. Ikemoto
200. Ikeuchi
201. Ikuta
202. Ima
203. Imada
204. Imai
205. Imaizumi
206. Imamura
207. Imanishi
208. Imoto
209. Imura
210. Inaba
211. Inada
212. Inagaki
213. Ino
214. Inomata
215. Inoue
216. Inui
217. Irie
218. Ishibashi
219. Ishida
220. Ishigaki
221. Ishigura
222. Ishiguro
223. Ishihara
224. Ishii
225. Ishikawa
226. Ishimaru
227. Ishimoto
228. Ishino
229. Ishiwata
230. Ishiyama
231. Ishizaka
232. Ishizaki
233. Ishizawa
234. Ishizuka
235. Isobe
236. Isono
237. Isozaki
238. Itagaki
239. Itahashi
240. Itakura
241. Ito
242. Iwabuchi
243. Iwai
244. Iwaki
245. Iwama
246. Iwamoto
247. Iwanaga
248. Iwasa
249. Iwasaki
250. Iwasawa
251. Iwase
252. Iwashita
253. Iwata
254. Iwatani
255. Izawa
256. Izuka
257. Izumi
258. Kadota
259. Kadowaki
260. Kadoya
261. Kagami
262. Kagawa
263. Kageyama
264. Kai
265. Kaji
266. Kajita
267. Kajiwara
268. Kakinuma
269. Kaku
270. Kamata
271. Kameda
272. Kamei
273. Kameyama
274. Kamino
275. Kamiya
276. Kamiyama
277. Kan
278. Kanai
279. Kanamori
280. Kanaya
281. Kanayama
282. Kanazawa
283. Kanbara
284. Kanbayashi
285. Kanda
286. Kaneda
287. Kaneko
288. Kanemaru
289. Kano
290. Kanzaki
291. Karasawa
292. Kariya
293. Kasahara
294. Kasai
295. Kase
296. Kashima
297. Kashiwabara
298. Kashiwagi
299. Kasuya
300. Katagiri
301. Kataoka
302. Katayama
303. Kato
304. Katsumata
305. Katsuta
306. Kawabata
307. Kawabe
308. Kawada
309. Kawagoe
310. Kawaguchi
311. Kawahara
312. Kawahata
313. Kawai
314. Kawakami
315. Kawamata
316. Kawamoto
317. Kawamura
318. Kawana
319. Kawanishi
320. Kawano
321. Kawara
322. Kawasaki
323. Kawase
324. Kawashima
325. Kawata
326. Kawauchi
327. Kazama
328. Kida
329. Kido
330. Kihara
331. Kijima
332. Kikuchi
333. Kimoto
334. Kimura
335. Kin
336. Kinjo
337. Kinoshita
338. Kishi
339. Kishida
340. Kishimoto
341. Kita
342. Kitada
343. Kitagawa
344. Kitahara
345. Kitajima
346. Kitamura
347. Kitano
348. Kitayama
349. Kitazawa
350. Kiuchi
351. Kiyono
352. Kiyota
353. Ko
354. Kobayashi
355. Kobe
356. Kobori
357. Koda
358. Kodama
359. Koga
360. Koguchi
361. Kogure
362. Koide
363. Koike
364. Koizumi
365. Kojima
366. Kojo
367. Koken
368. Kokubo
369. Kokubu
370. Komatsu
371. Komine
372. Komiya
373. Komiyama
374. Komori
375. Komura
376. Komuro
377. Kondo
378. Konishi
379. Konno
380. Kono
381. Konpon
382. Kosaka
383. Kosuga
384. Kosugi
385. Koyama
386. Koyanagi
387. Kubo
388. Kubota
389. Kudo
390. Kumada
391. Kumagai
392. Kumakura
393. Kumamoto
394. Kumasawa
395. Kume
396. Kunai
397. Kuno
398. Kurahashi
399. Kuramochi
400. Kuramoto
401. Kurata
402. Kuribayashi
403. Kurihara
404. Kurita
405. Kuriyama
406. Kuroda
407. Kuroiwa
408. Kurokawa
409. Kuroki
410. Kurosawa
411. Kusaka
412. Kusakabe
413. Kusano
414. Kusumoto
415. Kusunoki
416. Kuwahara
417. Kuwata
418. Machida
419. Maeda
420. Maehara
421. Maejima
422. Maekawa
423. Maeno
424. Maki
425. Makino
426. Makita
427. Manabe
428. Mano
429. Maruyama
430. Masaki
431. Mashiko
432. Masuda
433. Masui
434. Masuyama
435. Matsubara
436. Matsuda
437. Matsugi
438. Matsui
439. Matsukawa
440. Matsumoto
441. Matsumura
442. Matsunaga
443. Matsuno
444. Matsuo
445. Matsuoka
446. Matsushima
447. Matsushita
448. Matsuura
449. Matsuyama
450. Matsuzaki
451. Matsuzawa
452. Meguro
453. Mihara
454. Mikami
455. Miki
456. Mimura
457. Minakawa
458. Minami
459. Minato
460. Mine
461. Minegishi
462. Misawa
463. Mishima
464. Mita
465. Mitani
466. Mitsui
467. Miura
468. Miyadokorono
469. Miyagawa
470. Miyagi
471. Miyahara
472. Miyajima
473. Miyake
474. Miyamoto
475. Miyano
476. Miyasaka
477. Miyasato
478. Miyashita
479. Miyata
480. Miyawaki
481. Miyazaki
482. Miyazawa
483. Miyoshi
484. Mizoguchi
485. Mizuguchi
486. Mizumoto
487. Mizuno
488. Mizushima
489. Mizutani
490. Mochida
491. Mochizuki
492. Mori
493. Moriguchi
494. Morii
495. Morikawa
496. Morimoto
497. Morinaga
498. Morioka
499. Morishima
500. Morishita
501. Morita
502. Moritani
503. Moriwaki
504. Moriya
505. Moriyama
506. Motohashi
507. Motoki
508. Mukai
509. Munakata
510. Murai
511. Murakami
512. Muraki
513. Muramatsu
514. Muraoka
515. Murase
516. Murata
517. Murayama
518. Muto
519. Nagae
520. Nagahama
521. Nagai
522. Nagamine
523. Nagano
524. Naganuma
525. Nagao
526. Nagaoka
527. Nagasaka
528. Nagasaki
529. Nagasawa
530. Nagase
531. Nagashima
532. Nagata
533. Nagatomo
534. Nagayama
535. Naikai
536. Naito
537. Naiya
538. Naka
539. Nakabayashi
540. Nakagawa
541. Nakahara
542. Nakai
543. Nakajima
544. Nakamoto
545. Nakamura
546. Nakane
547. Nakanishi
548. Nakano
549. Nakao
550. Nakasato
551. Nakata
552. Nakatani
553. Nakatsuka
554. Nakaya
555. Nakayama
556. Nakazawa
557. Namiki
558. Nanba
559. Nanbu
560. Nara
561. Narita
562. Naruse
563. Nasu
564. Natsume
565. Negishi
566. Nihei
567. Nimi
568. Ninomiya
569. Nishi
570. Nishida
571. Nishiguchi
572. Nishihara
573. Nishii
574. Nishikawa
575. Nishimoto
576. Nishimura
577. Nishino
578. Nishio
579. Nishioka
580. Nishisawa
581. Nishishima
582. Nishitani
583. Nishiura
584. Nishiwaki
585. Nishiyama
586. Niwa
587. Noda
588. Noguchi
589. Nohara
590. Nojima
591. Nokami
592. Nomoto
593. Nomura
594. Nonaka
595. Noro
596. Nose
597. Nozaki
598. Nozawa
599. Numata
600. Oba
601. Obata
602. Obayashi
603. Ochi
604. Ochiai
605. Oda
606. Odaka
607. Oe
608. Ogasawara
609. Ogata
610. Ogawa
611. Ogino
612. Ogiwara
613. Oguma
614. Ogura
615. Oguri
616. Ohara
617. Ohashi
618. Ohata
619. Ohira
620. Oi
621. Oikawa
622. Oishi
623. Oka
624. Okabe
625. Okada
626. Okajima
627. Okamoto
628. Okamura
629. Okano
630. Okawa
631. Okawara
632. Okayama
633. Okazaki
634. Oki
635. Okita
636. Oku
637. Okubo
638. Okuda
639. Okumura
640. Okuno
641. Okura
642. Okuyama
643. Omae
644. Omata
645. Omi
646. Omori
647. Omura
648. Onda
649. Onigashira
650. Onishi
651. Ono
652. Onoda
653. Onodera
654. Onoe
655. Onuki
656. Onuma
657. Osada
658. Osaka
659. Osaki
660. Osanai
661. Osawa
662. Oshima
663. Oshiro
664. Oshita
665. Ota
666. Otaka
667. Otake
668. Otaki
669. Otani
670. Otomo
671. Otsu
672. Otsubo
673. Otsuka
674. Otsuki
675. Ouchi
676. Oura
677. Owada
678. Oya
679. Ozaki
680. Ozawa
681. Ozeki
682. Risshaku
683. Saeki
684. Sagara
685. Sagawa
686. Saijo
687. Saito
688. Saka
689. Sakagami
690. Sakaguchi
691. Sakai
692. Sakakibara
693. Sakamaki
694. Sakamoto
695. Sakano
696. Sakashita
697. Sakata
698. Sakiyama
699. Sako
700. Sakuma
701. Sakurada
702. Sakurai
703. Sanada
704. Sanjo
705. San-Kyo
706. Sano
707. San-Rin
708. Sanshi
709. Sanson
710. Sasahara
711. Sasakawa
712. Sasaki
713. Satake
714. Sato
715. Sawa
716. Sawada
717. Sawai
718. Sawamura
719. Sekawa
720. Seki
721. Sekiguchi
722. Sekine
723. Sekiya
724. Senda
725. Senken
726. Seo
727. Serizawa
728. Seto
729. Shiba
730. Shibata
731. Shibayama
732. Shibazaki
733. Shibuya
734. Shida
735. Shiga
736. Shigeki
737. Shigematsu
738. Shigeta
739. Shima
740. Shimabukuro
741. Shimada
742. Shimamoto
743. Shimamura
744. Shimazaki
745. Shimazu
746. Shimizu
747. Shimoda
748. Shimokawa
749. Shimomura
750. Shimura
751. Shina
752. Shinbo
753. Shindo
754. Shinkai
755. Shinoda
756. Shinohara
757. Shinozaki
758. Shinta
759. Shintani
760. Shioda
761. Shiomi
762. Shiotani
763. Shiozawa
764. Shirai
765. Shiraishi
766. Shirakawa
767. Shiroki
768. Shirota
769. Shishido
770. Shoji
771. Shunjitsu
772. Soga
773. Soma
774. Someya
775. Sone
776. Sonoda
777. Suda
778. Sudo
779. Suenaga
780. Sueyoshi
781. Sugai
782. Suganuma
783. Sugawara
784. Sugaya
785. Sugihara
786. Sugimoto
787. Sugimura
788. Sugino
789. Sugita
790. Sugiura
791. Sugiyama
792. Suiden
793. Suijo
794. Suka
795. Sunaga
796. Sunagawa
797. Suwa
798. Suyama
799. Suzuki
800. Tabata
801. Tabuchi
802. Tachibana
803. Tachikawa
804. Tada
805. Tadokoro
806. Tagawa
807. Taguchi
808. Tahara
809. Tahata
810. Taiboku
811. Taira
812. Tajima
813. Tajiri
814. Takada
815. Takagi
816. Takahara
817. Takahashi
818. Takahata
819. Takai
820. Takakura
821. Takamatsu
822. Takanashi
823. Takano
824. Takao
825. Takaoka
826. Takasaki
827. Takase
828. Takashima
829. Takaya
830. Takayama
831. Takayanagi
832. Takeda
833. Takehara
834. Takei
835. Takemoto
836. Takemura
837. Takenaka
838. Takeshita
839. Taketa
840. Takeuchi
841. Takeyama
842. Takezawa
843. Taki
844. Takigawa
845. Takiguchi
846. Takimoto
847. Takita
848. Takizawa
849. Tamada
850. Tamai
851. Tamaki
852. Tamura
853. Tanabe
854. Tanaka
855. Tani
856. Tanigawa
857. Taniguchi
858. Tanimoto
859. Tanimura
860. Tanno
861. Tasaki
862. Tashiro
863. Tateno
864. Tatsumi
865. Taue
866. Tazawa
867. Terada
868. Teramoto
869. Teranishi
870. Terao
871. Teraoka
872. Terasawa
873. Terashima
874. Teshima
875. Tezuka
876. Toda
877. Tojo
878. Tokashi
879. Tokita
880. Tokuda
881. Tokunaga
882. Tominaga
883. Tomioka
884. Tomita
885. Tomizawa
886. Tono
887. Torii
888. Toshima
889. Totsuka
890. Toyama
891. Toyoda
892. Tsuboi
893. Tsuchita
894. Tsuchiya
895. Tsuda
896. Tsuji
897. Tsujimoto
898. Tsukada
899. Tsukahara
900. Tsukamoto
901. Tsunoda
902. Tsuruoka
903. Tsuruta
904. Tsushima
905. Tsutsui
906. Tsutsumi
907. Tsuzuki
908. Uchida
909. Uchimura
910. Uchiyama
911. Uda
912. Udagawa
913. Ueda
914. Uehara
915. Ueki
916. Uematsu
917. Uemura
918. Ueno
919. Uesugi
920. Ueyama
921. Ujiie
922. Ukai
923. Umeda
924. Umehara
925. Umemoto
926. Umemura
927. Umesawa
928. Umezu
929. Unno
930. Uno
931. Ura
932. Urabe
933. Urano
934. Urata
935. Usami
936. Usui
937. Utsunomiya
938. Wada
939. Wakabayashi
940. Wakamatsu
941. Wakayama
942. Waki
943. Wakita
944. Watanabe
945. Yabe
946. Yagi
947. Yaguchi
948. Yahagi
949. Yajima
950. Yamada
951. Yamagata
952. Yamagishi
953. Yamaguchi
954. Yamajiro
955. Yamakawa
956. Yamamoto
957. Yamanaka
958. Yamane
959. Yamano
960. Yamaoka
961. Yamashita
962. Yamato
963. Yamauchi
964. Yamazaki
965. Yanagawa
966. Yanagi
967. Yanagida
968. Yanagihara
969. Yanagisawa
970. Yanai
971. Yanase
972. Yano
973. Yasuda
974. Yasui
975. Yata
976. Yazawa
977. Yoda
978. Yokoi
979. Yokokawa
980. Yokoo
981. Yokota
982. Yokoyama
983. Yoneda
984. Yonekura
985. Yoneyama
986. Yonezawa
987. Yoshida
988. Yoshii
989. Yoshikawa
990. Yoshimoto
991. Yoshimura
992. Yoshinaga
993. Yoshino
994. Yoshioka
995. Yoshitake
996. Yoshiwara
997. Yoshizaki
998. Yoshizawa
999. Yuasa
1000. Yuki

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