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Wu (surname) ... Wú is the pinyin transliteration of the Chinese surname 吳 (Simplified Chinese 吴), which is a common surname (family name) in Mainland China. Wú (吳) is the sixth name listed in the Song dynasty classic Hundred Family Surnames. [1] In 2019 Wu was the ninth most common surname in Mainland China. [2]
Endō, Endo, Endou or Endoh (written: 遠藤, literally 'far-off wisteria' and short for ' Fuji wara in En shu ') is the 38th most common Japanese surname. [1]
Yamashita (written: 山下 lit. "under the mountain") is the 29th most common Japanese surname. [1] Notable people with the surname include: Akihiko Yamashita (born 1966), Japanese animator Ayaka Yamashita (disambiguation), multiple people Bruce Yamashita, U.S. military lawyer Emiko Yamashita (山下 恵美子; born 1953), Japanese handball player Yamashita Gentarō (Gentarō Yamashita) (1863 ...
Hayashi (林, literally "woods"), is the 19th most common Japanese surname. [2] It shares the same character as the Chinese surname Lin and the Korean surname Im.
Distribution 雷 is the 79th-most-common surname in mainland China but not included among the 100 most common surnames on Taiwan. In the United States, Lei is an uncommon surname, ranking 14,849th during the 1990 census and 6,583rd during the year 2000 census. [2]
Surnames characteristic of the Okinawa Islands in Japan. They are often identical with surnames from mainland Japan, although their kanji and pronunciation can differ. This difference comes from the Prohibition of Yamato style name in Okinawa (ヤマトめきたる苗字の禁止) edited by Shimazu clan in 1624. [1] Notable changes are 東 (Higashi) → 比嘉 (Hija), 船越 (Funakoshi) → ...
Hu (胡) is a Chinese surname. In 2006, it was the 15th most common surname in China. [1][2] In 2013, it was the 13th most common in China, with 13.7 million Chinese sharing this surname. [3] In 2019, Hu dropped to 15th most common surname in mainland China. [4] Some other, less common surnames pronounced Hu include 瓠, 護, 戶, 扈, 虎, 呼, 忽, 斛 and 壶. In Cantonese, “胡” is ...
Katō, Kato, Katou or Katoh (加藤, characters for "add/increase" and "wisteria") is the 10th most common Japanese surname. [1]