Most common names japan. 789 While the US. 11 rows Baby Names Tip. 1990000 157 2 鈴木 Suzuki.

Meanwhile names ending in -ko 子 meaning child once the most common naming convention for Japanese girls are still sitting in the too old-fashioned penalty box though Fumiko 文子 cultured child and Yuko 裕子 kind-hearted child did manage to make the top 30 at. Name Romanization Estimated Number 2008 Occupation Rate 1 佐藤 Satō. Each of these pronunciations can be represented symbolized by so many different kanji combinations.

People say it all started around 2500 BC in China when the Chinese started to make their names to distinguish people from different social classes. Originally people were using their names just to differentiate between. According to the character in my textbook his name is Hiroshi Sato he shares his name with more than 50000 other males in Japan.

1080000 085 8 小林 Kobayashi. Before we start talking about he most popular first names in Japan lets begin from why people have first names anyway.

1340000 106 5 渡辺 Watanabe. Has about one million surnames and Finland is the worlds largest by population Japan has more than 100000 surnames in use which pales in comparison to Chinas thousands and Koreas mere 200. 1900000 150 3 高橋 Takahashi.

1060000 084 9 山本 Yamamoto. Ive listed a few possible kanji combinations. 1200000 095 6 伊藤 Itō.