Most popular 500 Japanese surnames

Number of
Ranking Kanji Common pronunciation
households
1 474558 Satou
2 418463 Suzuki
3 348628 Takahashi
4 327593 Tanaka
5 268896 Watanabe
6 265902 Itou
7 264577 Yamamoto
8 256902 Nakamura
9 250901 Ohayashi
9 250901 Kobayashi
10 211491 Katou
11 205305 Kichida
11 205305 Yoshida
12 201046 Yamada
13 175005 Sasaki
14 157868 Yamaguchi
15 155284 Matsumoto
16 149814 Ine
16 149814 Inoue
17 147210 Saitou
18 141075 Kimura
19 134614 Hayashi
19 134614 Rin
20 128895 Kiyomizu
20 128895 Shimizu
21 119380 Yamasaki
22 113017 Ikeda
23 112706 Abe
24 112538 Mori
25 110191 Hashimoto
26 106736 Yamashita
27 101710 Ishikawa
28 99944 Nakashima
29 97001 Maeda
30 94960 Fujita
31 94884 Ogawa
31 94884 Kokawa
32 93523 Okada
33 93325 Gatou
33 93325 Gotou
34 91167 Hasegawa
34 91167 Hayagawa
35 90505 Samurakami
35 90505 Murakami
36 90170 Kondou
36 90170 Chikafuji
37 90110 Ishii
38 82260 Sakamoto
39 81292 Endou
40 79266 Aoki
41 78964 Fujii
42 78327 Nishimura
43 77593 Fukuda
44 77374 Oota
45 75448 Miura
46 75206 Fujihara
47 74460 Okamoto
48 74017 Matsuda
49 73837 Saitou
50 73796 Nakagawa
51 72883 Nakano
52 72755 Harada
53 71663 Ono
53 71663 Kono
53 71663 Sanu
54 70223 Takeuchi
55 69830 Tamura
56 68672 Kaneko
57 66930 Wada
58 66721 Nakayama
59 65715 Ishida
60 63205 Ageda
60 63205 Ueda
60 63205 Kamida
60 63205 Jouda
61 62499 Morita
62 60122 Hara
63 59901 Shibata
64 59232 Sakai
64 59232 Sakei
65 59005 Kudou
65 59005 Kodou
66 58836 Yokoyama
67 58799 Miyazaki
68 58140 Miyamoto
69 57519 Uchida
70 56987 Kouki
70 56987 Takaki
 71 55515 Andou
72 54983 Taniguchi
73 53154 Oono
74 52376 Imai
75 52358 Maruyama
76 52235 Kouda
76 52235 Takata
77 51677 Kawano
77 51677 Kouno
78 51420 Fujimoto
79 51340 Ojima
79 51340 Kojima
80 50716 Takeda
81 50279 Murata
82 50244 Agano
82 50244 Ueno
83 50157 Sugiyama
84 49665 Masuda
85 48864 Sugahara
86 48760 Hirano
87 48740 Oyama
87 48740 Koyama
88 48705 Ootsuka
89 47952 Kubo
90 47746 Chiba
91 47555 Matsui
92 47099 Iwasaki
93 46628 Noguchi
94 46469 Matsuo
95 46450 Kishita
96 45895 Kikuchi
97 45463 Nomura
98 45382 Sano
99 45356 Watanabe
100 44969 Arai
100 44969 Shini
100 44969 Nii
101 44908 Sugimoto
102 44866 Oonishi
103 43971 Sakurai
104 43950 Kogawa
104 43950 Furukawa
105 42222 Ichikawa
106 42197 Shimada
107 42086 Komatsu
108 42054 Kouno
108 42054 Takano
109 41918 Mizuno
110 41383 Kichikawa
110 41383 Yoshikawa
111 40717 Yamauchi
112 40635 Nishida
113 40231 Kikuchi
114 39990 Saikawa
114 39990 Nishikawa
115 39751 Kitamura
116 39596 Hamada
117 39590 Ikarashi
118 39363 Yasuda
119 38869 Nakada
120 38367 Kawaguchi
121 38366 Hirata
121 38366 Heida
122 37974 Kawasaki
123 37937 Azuma
123 37937 Tou
123 37937 Higashi
124 37766 Iida
125 37546 Honda
126 37355 Kubota
127 36836 Yoshimura
128 36794 Tsuji
129 36640 Kan
129 36640 Seki
130 36423 Nakanishi
131 36324 Fukushima
132 36252 Iwata
133 36227 Hatsutori
134 36196 Toiguchi
134 36196 Higuchi
135 36016 Kawakami
136 35952 Matsuoka
137 35754 Nagai
138 35697 Yamanaka
139 35641 Taguchi
140 35575 Morimoto
141 35483 Yano
142 35223 Akiyama
143 35065 Tsuchiya
144 34910 Ishihara
145 34645 Matsushita
146 34439 Umaba
146 34439 Baba
147 34332 Oohashi
148 33863 Yoshioka
149 33771 Matsuura
150 33511 Oike
150 33511 Koike
151 33501 Asano
152 33312 Ookubo
153 33257 Kumagai
153 33257 Kumatani
154 33213 Araki
155 33212 Noda
156 32579 Kawamura
157 32297 Hoshino
158 32190 Hirose
159 32066 Ootani
160 31757 Kurota
161 31756 Ozaki
162 31294 Tanabe
163 31263 Eida
163 31263 Nagata
164 31149 Matsumura
165 31138 Bouzuki
165 31138 Mochizuki
165 31138 Motsuzuki
166 31106 Hori
167 31092 Naitou
168 30625 Kanno
168 30625 Sugano
169 30563 Nishiyama
170 30142 Ooshima
171 30067 Hirai
172 30003 Iwamoto
173 29658 Katayama
174 29457 Sawada
175 29021 Honma
176 28853 Hayakawa
177 28828 Yokota
178 28685 Arai
179 28673 Okazaki
180 28603 Kamuta
181 28398 Ooishi
182 28378 Narita
183 28332 Oda
183 28332 Koda
184 28315 Miyata
185 27631 Ishibashi
186 27411 Sutou
187 27400 Shinohara
188 27332 Hagiwara
189 27285 Kouyama
189 27285 Takayama
190 27243 Konishi
191 27110 Kurihara
192 27074 Matsubara
193 26905 Itou
194 26767 Miyake
195 26498 Fukui
196 26459 Ozawa
196 26459 Kozawa
197 26443 Nan
197 26443 Minami
198 26302 Oomori
199 26235 Okumura
200 25825 Kataoka
201 25758 Uchiyama
202 25728 Kuhabara
202 25728 Kuwabara
203 25721 Oka
204 25709 Takuda
204 25709 Tomita
205 25633 Sekiguchi
206 25617 Matsunaga
207 25416 Okuta
208 25367 Kitakawa
209 25197 Koga
210 25000 Uenohara
210 25000 Kamihara
211 24989 Hagi
211 24989 Yagi
212 24900 Kino
212 24900 Yoshino
213 24846 Shiraishi
214 24820 Imamura
215 24763 Kawashima
216 24699 Uemura
216 24699 Kamimura
216 24699 Jouon
217 24579 Koizumi
218 24495 Nakao
219 24374 Aoyama
220 24350 Hirayama
221 24213 Makino
222 24134 Terada
223 23983 Shibutani
224 23944 Okamura
225 23907 Kodama
226 23881 Sakaguchi
227 23838 Kaai
227 23838 Kawai
228 23642 Ooyama
228 23642 Daisen
229 23448 Oota
229 23448 Tada
230 23197 Onodera
231 23121 Miyashita
232 23031 Ogura
232 23031 Kokura
233 22996 Takeda
233 22996 Chikuda
234 22899 Adachi
235 22773 Ogasahara
236 22664 Amano
236 22664 Tenno
237 22614 Murayama
238 22586 Sakai
239 22529 Sai
239 22529 Nishi
240 22380 Sugiura
241 22185 Sakata
242 22140 Ohara
242 22140 Kohara
243 22046 Toyota
244 21818 Kawamura
244 21818 Koumura
245 21805 Taketou
245 21805 Butou
245 21805 Mutou
246 21764 Kakuta
246 21764 Sumita
246 21764 Shinoda
247 21703 Suitani
247 21703 Mizutani
248 21665 Nemoto
248 21665 Memoto
249 21595 Sekine
250 21468 Morishita
251 21352 Nakai
252 21343 Kanda
252 21343 Kouda
253 21340 Tashima
254 21318 Ueda
255 21317 Tsukamoto
256 21305 Sakuma
257 21241 Iitsuka
257 21241 Meshizuka
258 21064 Maekawa
259 21039 Abe
260 20935 Asai
261 20929 Yamane
262 20919 Shirai
262 20919 Shiroi
262 20919 Hakui
262 20919 Hirai
263 20857 Miyakawa
264 20713 Okabe
265 20656 Oosawa
266 20501 Ookawa
266 20501 Daikawa
267 20228 Osada
267 20228 Chouda
267 20228 Nagata
268 20127 Horiuchi
269 19889 Inagaki
270 19813 Wakabayashi
271 19781 Matsusaki
272 19741 Enomoto
273 19715 Moriyama
274 19626 Kamitani
274 19626 Kouya
274 19626 Shintani
275 19568 Nakazawa
276 19552 Eguchi
277 19543 Nakatani
278 19527 Hatakeyama
279 19498 Koku
279 19498 Tani
279 19498 Hazama
280 19478 Oikawa
280 19478 Oyokawa
280 19478 Shikikawa
281 19357 Hosokawa
282 19217 Mikami
283 19188 Imano
283 19188 Konno
284 19166 Nishio
285 19148 Adachi
286 18991 Tashiro
287 18947 Iijima
288 18889 Ishizuka
289 18838 Tsuda
290 18760 Kishimoto
291 18719 Arakawa
292 18714 Nakahara
293 18623 Nagao
294 18607 Tsuchii
294 18607 Doi
295 18488 Honda
296 18446 Morikawa
297 18230 Miyoshi
298 18182 Toda
299 18102 Kanai
300 17957 Komeda
300 17957 Maida
300 17957 Yoneda
301 17924 Inaba
302 17922 Okano
303 17874 Muramatsu
304 17846 Matsuyama
305 17735 Saiki
305 17735 Sahaku
306 17734 Nishioka
307 17733 Kai
308 17721 Hoshi
309 17668 Nakashima
310 17636 Iwai
311 17441 Kuroki
312 17440 Tsutsumi
313 17430 Kanada
313 17430 Kaneda
314 17328 Nozaki
315 17241 Ochiai
316 17189 Hotsuda
317 17116 Izumi
318 16984 Nishino
319 16948 Chouda
319 16948 Machida
320 16796 Saitou
321 16686 Yamagishi
322 16659 Arata
322 16659 Shinden
322 16659 Niita
323 16594 Koda
323 16594 Furuta
324 16539 Tokunaga
325 16314 Kurokawa
326 16301 Takisawa
327 16197 Kawata
328 16124 Yamakawa
329 16109 Sugita
330 15950 Tsuchida
330 15950 Toda
331 15873 Kasahara
332 15858 Kanazawa
333 15832 Okuyama
334 15764 Sangi
334 15764 Miki
335 15739 Suda
336 15709 Umeta
337 15667 Murai
338 15513 Nonaka
339 15511 Horie
340 15509 Ootake
341 15203 Kawabata
342 15169 Oomura
343 15119 Kishi
344 15106 Hidaka
345 15031 Kajihara
346 14948 Hirota
347 14941 Fujisawa
348 14708 Nishimoto
349 14606 Iguchi
350 14452 Mukai
351 14424 Ooki
352 14304 Ooba
353 14283 Matsushima
354 14271 Takenaka
355 14248 Sakakihara
356 14191 Fujikawa
357 14130 Yoshimoto
358 14119 Kawahara
359 14117 Yasui
360 14088 Ouchi
360 14088 Oouchi
361 13976 Takeshita
362 13938 Yoshihara
363 13938 Fujioka
364 13914 Shiyouji
365 13910 Tsukada
366 13890 Fukumoto
367 13836 Yanagisawa
368 13763 Takashima
369 13761 Otani
369 13761 Kotani
370 13673 Fujimura
371 13670 Kunai
371 13670 Miyauchi
372 13666 Takemoto
373 13659 Tanikawa
373 13659 Yagawa
374 13631 Uno
375 13627 Ogata
376 13593 Okuno
377 13573 Miyazawa
378 13569 Kubota
379 13512 Shimoda
380 13443 Kitano
381 13441 Kurita
382 13416 Ishikuno
383 13285 Kamei
384 13092 Chouno
384 13092 Nagano
385 13085 Tairakawa
385 13085 Hirakawa
386 13070 Fujino
387 12995 Miyanohara
387 12995 Miyabara
388 12988 Nagashima
389 12982 Kawamoto
390 12967 Shigeki
390 12967 Moki
390 12967 Moteki
391 12965 Sanwa
391 12965 Miwa
392 12931 Shitamura
393 12915 Yamamura
394 12907 Tanba
394 12907 Niwa
395 12852 Takai
396 12826 Kotani
396 12826 Furutani
397 12783 Yoshizawa
398 12777 Aoyagi
399 12744 Takemura
400 12735 Ideguchi
400 12735 Deguchi
401 12694 Ogino
402 12573 Shimada
403 12463 Komori
404 12422 Kurosawa
405 12395 Tahara
405 12395 Tawara
406 12288 Takase
407 12280 Inada
408 12280 Ooki
408 12280 Oogusuku
408 12280 Daijou
409 12238 Susui
409 12238 Tsutsui
410 12234 Fukuoka
411 12142 Yokoi
412 12100 Oohira
412 12100 Ohira
412 12100 Taihei
413 12072 Miyagi
414 12048 Oohara
415 12048 Fukunaga
416 12043 Hayashida
417 11999 Shinosaki
418 11998 Tominaga
419 11966 Nagaoka
420 11950 Mizokuchi
421 11946 Kanausuku
421 11946 Kanegi
421 11946 Kinjou
422 11915 Yamaoka
423 11893 Hiramatsu
424 11795 Kitahara
425 11757 Asada
426 11727 Echi
426 11727 Ochi
426 11727 Kochi
427 11723 Tsuruta
428 11722 Takei
429 11709 Yanagita
430 11707 Nagano
431 11678 Oota
431 11678 Daita
432 11609 Nishizawa
433 11594 Irie
434 11545 Yuasa
435 11516 Nagasawa
436 11506 Souma
437 11501 Ishiyama
438 11459 Sonoda
439 11442 Takamatsu
440 11435 Horikawa
441 11386 Ninomiya
441 11386 Nimiya
442 11363 Usui
443 11306 Tazuka
443 11306 Tezuka
444 11215 Numata
445 11185 Kawano
445 11185 Kouno
446 11149 Ishizaki
447 11136 Fukasawa
448 11122 Hanada
449 11121 Higa
449 11121 Hiyoshi
450 11109 Ikegami
451 11103 Shinoda
452 11091 Hiraoka
453 11011 Tanimoto
454 10989 Koide
455 10950 Sugihara
456 10936 Negishi
457 10931 Saibara
457 10931 Nishihara
458 10915 Kasai
459 10912 Seto
460 10882 Tabata
461 10834 Nozawa
462 10797 Katagiri
463 10785 Hamaguchi
464 10776 Ootsuki
465 10759 Shimura
466 10733 Aizawa
467 10713 Yajima
468 10689 Osaka
468 10689 Kosaka
469 10688 Kurata
470 10653 Hino
471 10653 Fukuhara
 472 10631 Kanou
473 10603 Senda
473 10603 Chida
474 10553 Horiguchi
475 10522 Araya
475 10522 Shintani
475 10522 Niiya
476 10495 Kawahara
476 10495 Gouhara
477 10494 Matsuno
478 10493 Murase
479 10434 Tokuta
480 10430 Kan
480 10430 Suga
481 10420 Taue
481 10420 Tagami
482 10400 Morioka
483 10378 Tomita
484 10369 Yoshii
485 10340 Kashiwagi
485 10340 Hakugi
486 10234 Shimasaki
487 10156 Kitajima
488 10147 Hamasaki
489 10140 Hamano
490 10114 Uchiumi
490 10114 Utsumi
491 10112 Shirakawa
492 10094 Nakamoto
493 10053 Hatakenaka
494 10012 Iwase
495 9992 Oyanagi
495 9992 Koyanagi
496 9987 Akimoto
497 9976 Sanya
497 9976 Mitani
498 9969 Oosaki
498 9969 Daisaki
499 9905 Akita
500 9894 Haraguchi

Translated from Japanese: http://www2s.biglobe.ne.jp/~suzakihp/index40.html

Notes:

1) You will need Japanese fonts installed to be able to read the kanji in
this file. Follow the instructions here if you wish to install this font set:
http://www.microsoft.com/office/ork/xp/three/inte03.htm

2) These statistics are taken from this Japanese page:

http://www2s.biglobe.ne.jp/~suzakihp/index40.html

3) These statistics are based on a survey of 70% of Japanese households.

4) Names are ranked in order of the frequency of occurrence. This

is based on the kanji used to make the name, not on the pronunciation.

5) Where there is a joint listing, it means that one kanji compound has two
common pronunications.

6) Each kanji name will often have several less common pronunications
that are not listed here but can be seen in Japanese on the site above.

7) You can get a list of the top 10,000 names from the above site as a pdf
file (in Japanese).

8) The author of the above site estimates that there are just over 100,000
kanji names in use in Japan, of which he has apparently surveyed about 99,000.