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Okamoto (岡本; Japanese pronunciation: [o.ka.mo.to],[1] lit. 'hill base') is the 48th most common Japanese surname. [2] [3] Notable people with the surname include: Anri Okamoto (岡本 杏理; born 1994), Japanese fashion model and actress Atsushi Okamoto (岡本 篤志; born 1981), professional Nippon Professional Baseball player Aya Okamoto (岡本 綾; born 1982), Japanese actress and ...
Zhou ranks as the 10th most common surname in mainland China as of 2019. [2] In 2013 it was found to be the 10th most common name, shared by 25,200,000 people or 1.900% of the population, with the province with the most being Hunan. Derived from the Zhou dynasty, it has been one of the ten most common surnames in China since the Yuan dynasty. It is the 5th name on the Hundred Family Surnames ...
Abe (/ ˈɑːbeɪ / AH-bay, Japanese pronunciation: [abe] ⓘ - written: 阿部) is the 25th most common Japanese surname. [1] Less common variants are 安倍, 安部 and 阿倍.
In Cantonese -speaking regions such as Hong Kong and Macau it is spelled as Lam or Lum. It is listed 147th on the Hundred Family Surnames. Within mainland China, it is currently the 18th most common surname. In Japan, the character 林 is also used but goes by the pronunciation Hayashi, which is the 19th most common surname in Japan.
Pages in category "Lists of surnames" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
Cao is the 30th-most-common surname in mainland China as of 2019 [1] and the 58th-most-common surname on Taiwan. In the United States, the romanization Cao is a fairly common surname, ranked 7,425th during the 1990 census but 2,986th during the year 2000 census. [2] It is one of the few Chinese surnames whose pinyin transcription is already more common than other variants. The Wade ...
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.
Zhang ([ʈʂáŋ] ⓘ; traditional Chinese: 張; simplified Chinese: 张) is the third most common surname in China and Taiwan (commonly spelled as Chang in Taiwan), and it is one of the most common surnames in the world. [2][3] It is spoken in the first tone Zhāng. It is a surname that exists in many languages and cultures, corresponding to the surname 'Archer' in English for example. [4 ...