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Lists of the most common surnames by continent: Lists of most common surnames in African countries; Lists of most common surnames in Asian countries; Lists of most common surnames in European countries; Lists of most common surnames in North American countries; Lists of most common surnames in Oceanian countries
By 1944, about 84% of the population had registered Japanese surnames. [71] Sōshi (Japanese) means the creation of a Japanese surname (shi, Korean ssi), distinct from a Korean surname or seong (Japanese sei). Japanese surnames represent the families they belong to and can be changed by marriage and other procedures, while Korean surnames ...
Li is one of the most common surnames in Asia, shared by 92.76 million people in China, [3] and more than 100 million in Asia. [4] It is the second-most common surname in China as of 2018, [3] [5] the second-most common surname in Hong Kong, the most common surname in Macau and the 5th most common surname in Taiwan, where it is usually ...
Yamamoto (written: 山本 lit. "base of the mountain") is the 9th most common Japanese surname. [1] Notable people with the surname. Akihiko Yamamoto ...
Katō, Kato, Katou or Katoh (加藤, characters for "add/increase" and "wisteria") is the 10th most common Japanese surname. [1] Notable people with the surname
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.
A commonly cited factoid from the 1990 edition of the Guinness Book of World Records estimated that Zhang was the most common surname in the world, [7] but no comprehensive information from China was available at the time and more recent editions have not repeated the claim. However, Zhang Wei (张伟) is the most common full name in mainland ...
Nishimura (written: 西村) is the 46th most common Japanese surname. [1] Notable people with the surname include: Akihiro Nishimura (politician) (born 1960), Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party; Akihiro Nishimura (footballer) (born 1958), Japanese retired football player; Akira Nishimura (born 1953), Japanese composer