If you're curious about Japanese last names and their meaning, you've come to the right place. We have a list of the 75 most common Japanese surnames for you to read and learn!

Law requiring couples to share one surname hinders women in the workplace and lowers birth rate, campaigners claim ...

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Barriers to change Today, around 60% of Japanese people – both men and women alike – approve of a change in the law to allow husbands and wives to have separate surnames.

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Placing fourth on the list of the most common surnames in Scotland is Robertson. The report found that the surname occurred 1,052 times in Scotland's birth, marriage and death registers in 2024.

If the rules carry on, all Japanese people could have the surname Sato by 2531, according to Hiroshi Yoshida, an economist from Tohoku University in Sendai, who led the study.