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Japanese Surnames (苗字)

The 199 most common Japanese family names with meanings and origins

All Landscape Water Plant Nature Color

helpful wisteria

#1 plantnationwide

#2 plantcentral Japan

#3 landscapenationwide

middle of the rice field

#4 landscapenationwide

crossing the edges

#5 waternationwide

from Ise wisteria

#6 plantcentral Japan

base of the mountain

#7 landscapewestern Japan

#8 landscapenationwide

#9 naturenationwide

increasing wisteria

#10 plantcentral Japan

lucky rice field

#11 naturewestern Japan

mountain rice field

#12 landscapenationwide

small helpful tree

#13 plantnorthern Japan

base of the pine

#14 naturecentral Japan

#15 landscapewestern Japan

#16 naturenationwide

#17 naturenationwide

#18 waternationwide

#19 landscapewestern Japan

#20 naturewestern Japan

#21 abstractnorthern Japan

pond rice field

#22 waterwestern Japan

base of the bridge

#23 landscapenationwide

below the mountain

#24 landscapewestern Japan

#25 landscapenationwide

#26 landscapenationwide

front rice field

#27 landscapewestern Japan

wisteria rice field

#28 plantwestern Japan

#29 waternationwide

base of the hill

#30 landscapewestern Japan

pine rice field

#31 naturewestern Japan

#32 waternationwide

#33 directionwestern Japan

#34 plantwestern Japan

base of the slope

#35 landscapewestern Japan

behind wisteria

#36 plantnationwide

distant wisteria

#37 plantnationwide

#38 colornationwide

lucky rice field

#39 naturenationwide

west rice field

#40 directionwestern Japan

#41 watereastern Japan

#42 plantnationwide

hill rice field

#43 landscapewestern Japan

long valley river

waternationwide

above the village

#45 landscapenationwide

#46 plantnationwide

stone rice field

#47 landscapenationwide

purified wisteria

#48 plantnationwide

#49 landscapewestern Japan

upper rice field

#50 landscapecentral Japan

rice field village

#51 landscapenationwide

#52 elementeastern Japan

#53 plantwestern Japan

#54 abstractnationwide

#55 plantnationwide

village rice field

#56 landscapewestern Japan

mandarin orange tree

#57 plantwestern Japan

#58 naturenationwide

#59 landscapenationwide

#60 landscapenationwide

#61 landscapewestern Japan

base of the shrine

#62 spiritualwestern Japan

rock rice field

#63 landscapenationwide

#64 naturenationwide

#65 landscapenationwide

brushwood rice field

#66 naturenationwide

#67 elementeastern Japan

#68 spiritualwestern Japan

#69 landscapenationwide

#70 naturewestern Japan

すがわらの

sedge grass plain

#71 plantnorthern Japan

inside the bamboo

#72 plantnationwide

harmonious rice field

#73 abstractnationwide

middle rice field

#74 landscapenationwide

#75 landscapeeastern Japan

inner rice field

#76 landscapenationwide

#77 watercentral Japan

#78 landscapenationwide

island rice field

#79 landscapenationwide

long rice field

#80 landscapenationwide

#81 landscapewestern Japan

#82 landscapeeastern Japan

#83 naturenationwide

#84 landscapenationwide

base of the river

#85 waternationwide

#86 colornationwide

#87 landscapenationwide

small field rice field

#88 landscapenationwide

#89 waternationwide

#90 celestialnationwide

#91 directionnationwide

base of the crossroads

#92 landscapewestern Japan

thread direction

#93 abstractwestern Japan

inside the bamboo

#94 plantnationwide

#95 landscapenationwide

#96 landscapenationwide

planting village

#97 naturenationwide

#98 waterwestern Japan

#99 landscapecentral Japan

plain rice field

#100 landscapenationwide

#101 abstractwestern Japan

#102 natureeastern Japan

base of the rock

#103 landscapenationwide

#104 naturewestern Japan

#105 landscapenationwide

#106 abstractwestern Japan

field rice field

#107 landscapenationwide

rice field entrance

#108 landscapenationwide

#109 landscapenationwide

#110 elementnationwide

three residences

#111 abstractnationwide

#112 directionwestern Japan

#113 directionnationwide

#114 waternationwide

#115 landscapenationwide

#116 abstractwestern Japan

#117 landscapenationwide

#118 colornationwide

valley entrance

#119 landscapenationwide

#120 waternationwide

#121 directionwestern Japan

#122 watereastern Japan

forest rice field

#123 naturenationwide

cooked rice field

#124 foodnationwide

#125 abstracteastern Japan

wide rice field

#126 landscapenationwide

inside the mountain

#127 landscapenationwide

#128 abstractnationwide

#129 waternationwide

#130 landscapenationwide

advancing wisteria

#131 plantnationwide

warehouse rice field

#132 landscapenationwide

#133 waternationwide

#134 landscapenationwide

#135 naturenationwide

#136 naturenationwide

#137 plantnationwide

#138 landscapenationwide

#139 waternationwide

#140 abstractnationwide

east sea forest

#141 naturenorthern Japan

#142 abstractnationwide

divination group

#143 spiritualwestern Japan

#144 naturenationwide

shore rice field

#145 waternationwide

cherry blossom well

#146 naturenationwide

harbor rice field

#147 waternationwide

astringent valley

#148 abstracteastern Japan

#149 naturewestern Japan

#150 landscapewestern Japan

#151 waternationwide

#152 naturenationwide

below the shrine

#153 spiritualnationwide

#154 waternationwide

#155 animalnorthern Japan

#156 landscapenationwide

#157 animaleastern Japan

#158 elementnorthern Japan

#159 abstractnationwide

slope rice field

#160 landscapenationwide

#161 landscapenationwide

#162 plantnorthern Japan

beach rice field

#163 waternationwide

#164 naturewestern Japan

abundant rice field

#165 landscapecentral Japan

#166 landscapenationwide

#167 abstractwestern Japan

#168 directionnationwide

temple rice field

#169 spiritualnationwide

#170 colornationwide

#171 landscapenationwide

#172 landscapenationwide

checkpoint entrance

#173 abstracteastern Japan

cultivated field

#174 landscapenationwide

reed rice field

#175 plantnationwide

black rice field

#176 colorwestern Japan

autumn mountain

#177 seasonnationwide

#178 waternationwide

base of the mound

#179 landscapenationwide

#180 foodnationwide

#181 colornationwide

#182 waternorthern Japan

#183 waternationwide

present village

#184 abstractnationwide

#185 planteastern Japan

flat rice field

#186 landscapenationwide

#188 abstractnationwide

#189 abstractnationwide

#190 landscapenationwide

#191 plantnationwide

#192 waternationwide

river rice field

#193 waternationwide

#194 waternationwide

#195 naturenationwide

#196 landscapenationwide

#197 directionnationwide

#198 naturenationwide

military rice field

#199 abstractnationwide

#200 waternationwide

Where this page’s information comes from

Kanji, readings and meanings on this page come from this site’s own dataset, compiled 23 August 2026. They are not taken from an official register.
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