Japanese Surname List and History : How Did Japanese Surname Come About?

This page introduce the origin of the surname, the history of the surname in Japan, and the ranking of surnames in Japan.

Patterns of Surname

Patterns of Surnames	Example
1.Surname derived from place names	Watanabe(渡辺) / Yokoyama(横山) / Sasaki(佐々木)
2.Surname derived from topography/landscape	Kotani(小谷 : Small Valley) / Yamaguchi(山口 : Mountain outcrop)
3.Surname derived from direction / position	Kamimura(上村 : Upper Village) / Nishimura(西村 : West Village)
4.Surname derived from Occupation	Hattori(服部 : Clothing weaving occupation) /
5.Surname derived from Fujiwara clan (藤原：A powerful family in Japan)	Sato(佐藤 : using same Kanji "藤")

According to Kaju.Inc, The most common surnames are derived from place names, accounting for about 80% of all surnames.

The reason why so many surnames are derived from place names can be understood by looking at the history.

History of Surname in Japan

So let's look at the history of the surname.

Before Heian period

In ancient times (before the Heian period), there were two types of surnames, "Uji / 氏" and "Kabane / 姓".

Nowadays, both "Uji" and "Kabane" are used to mean the same surname(Myozi / 名字).

What is "Uji / 氏"?

Uji means clan (a group of people related by blood) and each clan was assigned duties within the royal authority.

What is "Kabane / 姓"?

Kabane was originally a title given to a clan by a great royal family in ancient times.

Heian period (794-1185)

At the end of the Heian period, surnames were born. The roots of the surname differ between the surnames of noblemen, called kuge(公家), and those of samurai.

The origin of surname of Kuge(公家)

Surnames of Kuge begin with place of residence. In the Heian period (794-1185), the Fujiwara clans, which were very powerful, became too numerous.

So they began to distinguish themselves by taking the name of the place in Kyoto where their residences were located.

The Origin of surname of Samurai

The surnames of the samurai began as "the name of their domain.

Like the court nobles, many samurai had the same surname, which made it difficult to distinguish them.

Since the main job of the samurai was to protect the farmland owned by the nobility, they took the name of the land they controlled as their surname.

Edo period (1603-1868)

In the Edo period (1603-1868), surnames were further used for identification purposes.

Since the surname became a symbol of status, only the privileged classes such as the samurai and a few commoners were allowed to take the surname.

Meiji period (1868-1912)

As part of the modernization policy of the new Meiji government, there was a debate if all citizens should have surname which had been a "privilege".

In the end, it was decided that all citizens, including the common people, would officially have a surname due to the need to keep track of all citizens and to organize family registers.

How did people get their surnames?

Due to the laws and regulations of the Meiji era, people who had been forbidden to take a family name were suddenly required to have one.

How did people come to have surnames?

According to Kaju.Inc, There are several ways to decide surname:

• Surname that was allowed to use from Edo period (Some people are allowed to use)
• Surname that had before the edo period but was not allowed to use
• Surname that was given by local master and priest of temple

Merchants and farmers were forbidden to have surnames in the Edo period due to the status system, but it is said that they used yago(屋号) because it was difficult to identify people without surnames.

Yago(屋号) - Trade Name Used in Rural Areas of Japan

When I was at a meeting to decide on the schedule for cutting the grass with locals in Kurokura, I was asked about my Yago(屋号). When Yago(屋号) is translated into English, comes out as a trade name. Today, Yago(屋号) are still used as the names of sole proprietors, but it seems that Yago(屋号) are also commonly used in rural areas. In Matsunoyama Kurokura, people write down each other's Yago(屋号) on the sign-up sheets for community activities such as shoveling snow and cleaning public facilities. What is the meaning of the yago used in rural areas? What is a yago in ...

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Japanese Surname List 500

Here's Japanese surname ranking 500.

These ranking are researched Apr 14, 2021 and data is from 名字由来net.

As history has shown, there are many surnames that refer to the names of lands, landscape, position, direction.

Rank	surname	Kanji	Number of people
1st	Sato	佐藤	Approximately 1,862,000 people
2nd	Suzuki	鈴木	Approximately 1,791,000 people
3	Takahashi	高橋	Approximately 1,405,000 people
4th	Tanaka	田中	Approximately 1,330,000 people
5th	Ito	伊藤	Approximately 1,069,000 people
6th	Watanabe	渡辺	Approximately 1,059,000 people
7th	Yamamoto	山本	Approximately 1,045,000 people
8th	Nakamura	中村	Approximately 1,040,000 people
9th	Kobayashi	小林	Approximately 1,024,000 people
10th	Kato	加藤	Approximately 884,000 people
11th	Yoshida	吉田	Approximately 826,000 people
12th	Yamada	山田	Approximately 810,000 people
13th	Sasaki	佐々木	Approximately 669,000 people
14th	Yamaguchi	山口	Approximately 640,000 people
15th	Matsumoto	松本	Approximately 625,000 people
16th	Inoue	井上	Approximately 612,000 people
17th	Kimura	木村	Approximately 573,000 people
18th	Hayashi	林	Approximately 543,000 people
19th	Saito	斎藤	Approximately 540,000 people
20th	Shimizu	清水	Approximately 530,000 people
21st	Yamazaki	山崎	Approximately 480,000 people
22nd	Mori	森	Approximately 463,000 people
23	Ikeda	池田	Approximately 448,000 people
24th	Hashimoto	橋本	Approximately 446,000 people
25th	Abe	阿部	Approximately 440,000 people
26th	Ishikawa	石川	Approximately 425,000 people
27th	Yamashita	山下	Approximately 416,000 people
28th	Nakajima	中島	Approximately 399,000 people
29th	Ishii	石井	Approximately 396,000 people
30th	Ogawa	小川	Approximately 394,000 people
31st	Maeda	前田	Approximately 379,000 people
32nd	Okada	岡田	Approximately 378,000 people
33	Hasegawa	長谷川	Approximately 375,000 people
34th	Fujita	藤田	Approximately 372,000 people
35th	Goto	後藤	Approximately 370,000 people
36th	Kondo	近藤	Approximately 368,000 people
37th	Murakami	村上	Approximately 352,000 people
38th	Endo	遠藤	Approximately 331,000 people
39th	Aoki	青木	Approximately 328,000 people
40th	Sakamoto	坂本	Approximately 324,000 people
41st	Saito	斉藤	Approximately 321,000 people
42nd	Hukuda	福田	Approximately 310,000 people
43	Ota	太田	Approximately 308,000 people
44th	Nishimura	西村	Approximately 306,000 people
45th	Hujii	藤井	Approximately 306,000 people
46th	Kaneko	金子	Approximately 295,000 people
47th	Okamoto	岡本	Approximately 295,000 people
48th	Hujiwara	藤原	Approximately 294,000 people
49th	Miura	三浦	Approximately 293,000 people
50th	Nakano	中野	Approximately 292,000 people
51st	Nakagawa	中川	Approximately 289,000 people
52nd	Harada	原田	Approximately 289,000 people
53	Matsuda	松田	Approximately 287,000 people
54th	Takeuchi	竹内	Approximately 285,000 people
55th	Ono	小野	Approximately 278,000 people
56th	Tamura	田村	Approximately 278,000 people
57th	Nakayama	中山	Approximately 268,000 people
58th	Wada	和田	Approximately 265,000 people
59th	Ishida	石田	Approximately 264,000 people
60th	Morita	森田	Approximately 259,000 people
61st	Ueda	上田	Approximately 246,000 people
62nd	Hara	原	Approximately 244,000 people
63	Uchida	内田	Approximately 243,000 people
64th	Shibata	柴田	Approximately 241,000 people
65th	Sakai	酒井	Approximately 239,000 people
66th	Miyazaki	宮崎	Approximately 236,000 people
67th	Yokoyama	横山	Approximately 235,000 people
68th	Takagi	高木	Approximately 232,000 people
69th	Ando	安藤	Approximately 230,000 people
70th	Miyamoto	宮本	Approximately 227,000 people
71st	Ono	大野	Approximately 220,000 people
72nd	Kojima	小島	Approximately 216,000 people
73th	Taniguchi	谷口	Approximately 214,000 people
74th	Kudo	工藤	Approximately 212,000 people
75th	Imai	今井	Approximately 212,000 people
76th	Takada	高田	Approximately 209,000 people
77th	Masuda	増田	Approximately 208,000 people
78th	Maruyama	丸山	Approximately 207,000 people
79th	Sugiyama	杉山	Approximately 206,000 people
80th	Murata	村田	Approximately 205,000 people
81st	Otsuka	大塚	Approximately 204,000 people
82nd	Arai	新井	Approximately 203,000 people
83	Koyama	小山	Approximately 203,000 people
84th	Hirano	平野	Approximately 202,000 people
85th	Hujimoto	藤本	Approximately 201,000 people
86th	Kawano	河野	Approximately 199,000 people
87th	Ueno	上野	Approximately 199,000 people
88th	Noguchi	野口	Approximately 198,000 people
89th	Takeda	武田	Approximately 198,000 people
90th	Matsui	松井	Approximately 193,000 people
91st	Chiba	千葉	Approximately 191,000 people
92nd	Sugawara	菅原	Approximately 190,000 people
93	Iwasaki	岩崎	Approximately 190,000 people
94th	Kinoshita	木下	Approximately 186,000 people
95th	kubo	久保	Approximately 186,000 people
96th	Sano	佐野	Approximately 185,000 people
97th	Nomura	野村	Approximately 184,000 people
98th	Matsuo	松尾	Approximately 182,000 people
99th	Kikuchi	菊地	Approximately 181,000 people
100th	Ichikawa	市川	Approximately 181,000 people
101st	Sugimoto	杉本	Approximately 180,000 people
102nd	Hurukawa	古川	Approximately 175,000 people
103	Onishi	大西	Approximately 175,000 people
104th	Shimada	島田	Approximately 175,000 people
105th	Mizuno	水野	Approximately 173,000 people
106th	Sakurai	桜井	Approximately 172,000 people
107th	Takano	高野	Approximately 171,000 people
108th	Watabe	渡部	Approximately 170,000 people
109th	Yoshikawa	吉川	Approximately 169,000 people
110th	Yamauchi	山内	Approximately 163,000 people
111th	Nishida	西田	Approximately 161,000 people
112th	Iida	飯田	Approximately 161,000 people
113th	Kikuchi	菊池	Approximately 160,000 people
114th	Nishikawa	西川	Approximately 159,000 people
115th	Komatsu	小松	Approximately 158,000 people
116th	Kitamura	北村	Approximately 157,000 people
117th	Yasuda	安田	Approximately 156,000 people
118th	Igarashi	五十嵐	Approximately 155,000 people
119th	Kawaguchi	川口	Approximately 154,000 people
120th	Hirata	平田	Approximately 153,000 people
121st	Seki	関	Approximately 153,000 people
122nd	Nakata	中田	Approximately 152,000 people
123	Kubota	久保田	Approximately 151,000 people
124th	Hattori	服部	Approximately 150,000 people
125th	Higashi	東	Approximately 149,000 people
126th	Iwata	岩田	Approximately 149,000 people
127th	Tsuchiya	土屋	Approximately 149,000 people
128th	Kawasaki	川崎	Approximately 149,000 people
129th	Fukushima	福島	Approximately 148,000 people
130th	Honda	本田	Approximately 147,000 people
131st	Tsuji	辻	Approximately 147,000 people
132nd	Higuchi	樋口	Approximately 146,000 people
133	Akiyama	秋山	Approximately 145,000 people
134th	Taguchi	田口	Approximately 145,000 people
135th	Nagai	永井	Approximately 145,000 people
136th	Yamanaka	山中	Approximately 145,000 people
137th	Nakanishi	中西	Approximately 144,000 people
138th	Yoshimura	吉村	Approximately 144,000 people
139th	Kawakami	川上	Approximately 143,000 people
140th	Ishihara	石原	Approximately 141,000 people
141st	Ohashi	大橋	Approximately 141,000 people
142nd	Matsuoka	松岡	Approximately 140,000 people
143	Hamada	浜田	Approximately 140,000 people
144th	Baba	馬場	Approximately 140,000 people
145th	Morimoto	森本	Approximately 138,000 people
146th	Yano	矢野	Approximately 137,000 people
147th	Hoshino	星野	Approximately 137,000 people
148th	Asano	浅野	Approximately 137,000 people
149th	Matsushita	松下	Approximately 136,000 people
150th	Okubo	大久保	Approximately 136,000 people
151st	Yoshioka	吉岡	Approximately 135,000 people
152nd	Koike	小池	Approximately 135,000 people
153	Noda	野田	Approximately 133,000 people
154th	Araki	荒木	Approximately 131,000 people
155th	Otani	大谷	Approximately 130,000 people
156th	Matsuura	松浦	Approximately 130,000 people
157th	Naito	内藤	Approximately 130,000 people
158th	Kumagai	熊谷	Approximately 130,000 people
159th	Kuroda	黒田	Approximately 127,000 people
160th	Ozaki	尾崎	Approximately 126,000 people
161st	Kawamura	川村	Approximately 125,000 people
162nd	Nagata	永田	Approximately 125,000 people
163	Mochiduki	望月	Approximately 124,000 people
164th	Tanabe	田辺	Approximately 124,000 people
165th	Matsumura	松村	Approximately 124,000 people
166th	Hori	堀	Approximately 124,000 people
167th	Arai	荒井	Approximately 123,000 people
168th	Oshima	大島	Approximately 123,000 people
169th	Hirai	平井	Approximately 123,000 people
170th	Hayakawa	早川	Approximately 123,000 people
171st	Sugano	菅野	Approximately 123,000 people
172nd	Kurihara	栗原	Approximately 122,000 people
173	Nishiyama	西山	Approximately 122,000 people
174th	Hirose	広瀬	Approximately 121,000 people
175th	Yokota	横田	Approximately 118,000 people
176th	Ishibashi	石橋	Approximately 117,000 people
177th	Ogiwara	萩原	Approximately 116,000 people
178th	Iwamoto	岩本	Approximately 116,000 people
179th	Katayama	片山	Approximately 116,000 people
180th	Sekiguchi	関口	Approximately 115,000 people
181st	Miyata	宮田	Approximately 114,000 people
182nd	Oishi	大石	Approximately 113,000 people
183	Takayama	高山	Approximately 112,000 people
184th	Honma	本間	Approximately 112,000 people
185th	Sudo	須藤	Approximately 111,000 people
186th	Yoshino	吉野	Approximately 111,000 people
187th	Okazaki	岡崎	Approximately 110,000 people
188th	oda	小田	Approximately 110,000 people
189th	Ito	伊東	Approximately 110,000 people
190th	Kamata	鎌田	Approximately 109,000 people
191st	Uehara	上原	Approximately 108,000 people
192nd	Sinohara	篠原	Approximately 108,000 people
193	Konishi	小西	Approximately 107,000 people
194th	Matsuhara	松原	Approximately 107,000 people
195th	Fukui	福井	Approximately 107,000 people
196th	Koga	古賀	Approximately 106,000 people
197th	Omori	大森	Approximately 106,000 people
198th	Narita	成田	Approximately 106,000 people
199th	Koizumi	小泉	Approximately 105,000 people
200th	Minami	南	Approximately 105,000 people
201st	Okumura	奥村	Approximately 105,000 people
202nd	Uchiyama	内山	Approximately 104,000 people
203	Sawata	沢田	Approximately 104,000 people
204th	Kuwabara	桑原	Approximately 103,000 people
205th	Miyake	三宅	Approximately 103,000 people
206th	Kawashima	川島	Approximately 103,000 people
207th	Kataoka	片岡	Approximately 103,000 people
208th	Tomita	富田	Approximately 103,000 people
209th	Sugiura	杉浦	Approximately 103,000 people
210th	Oka	岡	Approximately 102,000 people
211th	Yagi	八木	Approximately 102,000 people
212th	Okuda	奥田	Approximately 102,000 people
213th	Ozawa	小沢	Approximately 102,000 people
214th	Matsunaga	松永	Approximately 101,000 people
215th	Kitakawa	北川	Approximately 101,000 people
216th	Sekine	関根	Approximately 100,000 people
217th	Kawai	河合	Approximately 100,000 people
218th	Hirayama	平山	Approximately 100,000 people
219th	Makino	牧野	Approximately 99,800 people
220th	Siraishi	白石	Approximately 99,000 people
221st	Imamura	今村	Approximately 97,600 people
222nd	Terada	寺田	Approximately 97,500 people
223	Aoyama	青山	Approximately 97,100 people
224th	Nakao	中尾	Approximately 95,900 people
225th	Ogura	小倉	Approximately 95,700 people
226th	Shibuya	渋谷	Approximately 95,300 people
227th	Kamimura/Uemura	上村	Approximately 94,900 people
228th	Onodera	小野寺	Approximately 94,700 people
229th	Oyama	大山	Approximately 94,400 people
230th	Adachi	足立	Approximately 94,000 people
231st	Okamura	岡村	Approximately 93,900 people
232nd	Sakaguchi	坂口	Approximately 93,800 people
233	Amano	天野	Approximately 93,400 people
234th	Tada	多田	Approximately 93,000 people
235th	Sakuma	佐久間	Approximately 92,200 people
236th	Nemoto	根本	Approximately 92,100 people
237th	Toyota	豊田	Approximately 91,400 people
238th	Tajima	田島	Approximately 91,000 people
239th	Iizuka	飯塚	Approximately 90,900 people
240th	Murayama	村山	Approximately 90,800 people
241st	Kakuta	角田	Approximately 90,800 people
242nd	Muto	武藤	Approximately 90,100 people
243	Nishi	西	Approximately 90,000 people
244th	Shirai	白井	Approximately 89,800 people
245th	Takeda	竹田	Approximately 89,600 people
246th	Miyashita	宮下	Approximately 89,400 people
247th	Tsukamoto	塚本	Approximately 89,100 people
248th	Enomoto	榎本	Approximately 88,900 people
249th	Sakata	坂田	Approximately 88,700 people
250th	Kamiya	神谷	Approximately 88,500 people
251st	Kodama	児玉	Approximately 88,500 people
252nd	Mizuya	水谷	Approximately 88,300 people
253rd	Sakai	坂井	Approximately 88,100 people
254th	Saito	齋藤	Approximately 86,600 people
255th	Ohara	小原	Approximately 86,000 people
256th	Asai	浅井	Approximately 85,800 people
257th	Okabe	岡部	Approximately 85,600 people
258th	Ogasawara	小笠原	Approximately 85,400 people
259th	Morishita	森下	Approximately 85,400 people
260th	Kanda	神田	Approximately 85,200 people
261st	Nakai	中井	Approximately 85,000 people
262nd	Ueda	植田	Approximately 85,000 people
263	Kawamura	河村	Approximately 84,200 people
264th	Miyagawa	宮川	Approximately 83,800 people
265th	Inagaki	稲垣	Approximately 83,700 people
266th	Maekawa	前川	Approximately 83,500 people
267th	Okawa	大川	Approximately 83,000 people
268th	Matsuzaki	松崎	Approximately 81,600 people
269th	Osada	長田	Approximately 81,600 people
270th	Wakabayashi	若林	Approximately 81,400 people
271st	Ijima	飯島	Approximately 81,200 people
272nd	Tani	谷	Approximately 80,400 people
273	Osawa	大沢	Approximately 79,900 people
274th	Ishiduka	石塚	Approximately 79,800 people
275th	Abe	安部	Approximately 79,500 people
276th	Horiuchi	堀内	Approximately 78,800 people
277th	Oikawa	及川	Approximately 78,600 people
278th	Tashiro	田代	Approximately 78,200 people
279th	Nakajima	中嶋	Approximately 77,900 people
280th	Eguchi	江口	Approximately 77,700 people
281st	Yamane	山根	Approximately 77,400 people
282nd	Nakatani	中谷	Approximately 77,200 people
283	Kishimoto	岸本	Approximately 76,700 people
284th	Arakawa	荒川	Approximately 76,500 people
285th	Honda	本多	Approximately 76,400 people
286th	Nishio	西尾	Approximately 76,200 people
287th	Moriyama	森山	Approximately 75,800 people
288th	Okano	岡野	Approximately 75,500 people
289th	Hosokawa	細川	Approximately 75,300 people
290th	Kanai	金井	Approximately 75,300 people
291st	Konno	今野	Approximately 75,200 people
292nd	Toda	戸田	Approximately 74,600 people
293	Inaba	稲葉	Approximately 74,600 people
294th	Adachi	安達	Approximately 74,500 people
295th	Tsuda	津田	Approximately 74,400 people
296th	Morikawa	森川	Approximately 74,200 people
297th	Ochiai	落合	Approximately 74,000 people
298th	Doi	土井	Approximately 73,900 people
299th	Muramatsu	村松	Approximately 73,800 people
300th	Hoshi	星	Approximately 73,600 people
301st	Machida	町田	Approximately 73,100 people
302nd	Hatakeyama	畠山	Approximately 72,800 people
303	Mikami	三上	Approximately 72,800 people
304th	Iwai	岩井	Approximately 71,900 people
305th	Nagao	長尾	Approximately 71,700 people
306th	Nakahara	中原	Approximately 71,400 people
307th	Tsutsumi	堤	Approximately 71,400 people
308th	Nozaki	野崎	Approximately 70,100 people
309th	Nakazawa	中沢	Approximately 69,400 people
310th	Kaneda	金田	Approximately 69,400 people
311th	Yoneda	米田	Approximately 69,100 people
312th	Matsuyama	松山	Approximately 68,900 people
313th	Hotta	堀田	Approximately 68,600 people
314th	Sugita	杉田	Approximately 68,600 people
315th	Miyoshi	三好	Approximately 68,200 people
316th	Nishino	西野	Approximately 68,100 people
317th	Yamagishi	山岸	Approximately 67,800 people
318th	Sahaku	佐伯	Approximately 67,700 people
319th	Kurokawa	黒川	Approximately 66,600 people
320th	Nishioka	西岡	Approximately 66,600 people
321st	Izumi	泉	Approximately 65,800 people
322nd	Otake	大竹	Approximately 65,700 people
323th	Kai	甲斐	Approximately 65,500 people
324th	Kasahara	笠原	Approximately 64,900 people
325th	Oki	大木	Approximately 64,700 people
326th	Horie	堀江	Approximately 64,600 people
327th	Kishi	岸	Approximately 64,400 people
328th	Tokunaga	徳永	Approximately 64,400 people
329th	Kawata	川田	Approximately 64,400 people
330th	Kuroki	黒木	Approximately 64,300 people
331st	Suda	須田	Approximately 64,300 people
332nd	Yamakawa	山川	Approximately 64,100 people
333	Huruta	古田	Approximately 63,700 people
334th	Umeda	梅田	Approximately 63,500 people
335th	sakakihara	榊原	Approximately 63,400 people
336th	Nitta	新田	Approximately 63,400 people
337th	Miki	三木	Approximately 63,300 people
338th	Nonaka	野中	Approximately 63,100 people
339th	Murai	村井	Approximately 62,200 people
340th	Oshiro	大城	Approximately 61,900 people
341st	Okuyama	奥山	Approximately 61,900 people
342nd	Tsuchida	土田	Approximately 61,600 people
343rd	Kanashiro	金城	Approximately 61,500 people
344th	Takizawa	滝沢	Approximately 61,100 people
345th	Omura	大村	Approximately 61,000 people
346th	Kawabata	川端	Approximately 60,400 people
347th	Iguchi	井口	Approximately 59,900 people
348th	Kajiwara	梶原	Approximately 59,600 people
349th	Oba	大場	Approximately 59,200 people
350th	Miyagi	宮城	Approximately 58,300 people
351st	Yoshihara	吉原	Approximately 57,800 people
352nd	Nagashima	長島	Approximately 57,700 people
353th	Miyauchi	宮内	Approximately 57,500 people
354th	Kanazawa	金沢	Approximately 57,400 people
355th	Higa	比嘉	Approximately 57,400 people
356th	Yasui	安井	Approximately 57,100 people
357th	Shoji	庄司	Approximately 56,700 people
358th	Ouchi	大内	Approximately 56,600 people
359th	Mogi	茂木	Approximately 56,300 people
360th	Ogino	荻野	Approximately 56,000 people
361st	Hidaka	日高	Approximately 56,000 people
362nd	Mukai	向井	Approximately 55,900 people
363th	Matsushima	松島	Approximately 55,800 people
364th	Shimoda	下田	Approximately 55,700 people
365th	Tukada	塚田	Approximately 55,600 people
366th	Nishimoto	西本	Approximately 55,500 people
367th	Ishiguro	石黒	Approximately 55,500 people
368th	Okuno	奥野	Approximately 55,400 people
369th	Takenaka	竹中	Approximately 55,300 people
370th	Hirota	広田	Approximately 55,200 people
371st	Shimada	嶋田	Approximately 55,000 people
372nd	Hujikawa	藤川	Approximately 54,900 people
373	Kurita	栗田	Approximately 54,900 people
374th	Hukumoto	福本	Approximately 54,900 people
375th	Kitano	北野	Approximately 54,600 people
376th	Kawahara	川原	Approximately 54,400 people
377th	Uno	宇野	Approximately 54,400 people
378th	Hujino	藤野	Approximately 54,300 people
379th	Tanigawa	谷川	Approximately 54,200 people
380th	Niwa / Tanba	丹羽	Approximately 54,100 people
381st	Otani	小谷	Approximately 54,100 people
382nd	Yoshimoto	吉本	Approximately 53,800 people
383	Fujioka	藤岡	Approximately 53,600 people
384th	Aoyagi	青柳	Approximately 53,600 people
385th	Takemoto	竹本	Approximately 53,600 people
386th	Takeshita	竹下	Approximately 53,600 people
387th	Huruya	古谷	Approximately 53,300 people
388th	Ogata	緒方	Approximately 53,300 people
389th	Fujimura	藤村	Approximately 53,000 people
390th	Hirakawa	平川	Approximately 52,900 people
391st	Kamei	亀井	Approximately 52,900 people
392nd	Takashima	高島	Approximately 52,800 people
393th	Miwa	三輪	Approximately 52,700 people
394th	Hujisawa	藤沢	Approximately 52,200 people
395th	Shinozaki	篠崎	Approximately 52,000 people
396th	Kubota	窪田	Approximately 51,900 people
397th	Miyahara	宮原	Approximately 51,600 people
398th	Takai	高井	Approximately 51,300 people
399th	Negishi	根岸	Approximately 51,100 people
400th	Shimomura	下村	Approximately 51,000 people
401st	Takase	高瀬	Approximately 50,900 people
402nd	Yamamura	山村	Approximately 50,700 people
403	Kawamoto	川本	Approximately 50,600 people
404th	Yanagisawa	柳沢	Approximately 50,400 people
405th	Yokoi	横井	Approximately 50,300 people
406th	Deguchi	出口	Approximately 50,200 people
407th	Ozawa	小澤	Approximately 50,100 people
408th	Yoshizawa	吉沢	Approximately 50,100 people
409th	Takei	武井	Approximately 49,900 people
410th	Komori	小森	Approximately 49,900 people
411th	Takemura	竹村	Approximately 49,500 people
412th	Nagano	長野	Approximately 49,500 people
413th	Miyazawa	宮沢	Approximately 48,900 people
414th	Hiramatsu	平松	Approximately 48,600 people
415th	Shimura	志村	Approximately 48,600 people
416th	Fukuoka	福岡	Approximately 48,400 people
417th	Usui	臼井	Approximately 48,300 people
418th	Kurosawa	黒沢	Approximately 48,300 people
419th	Mizoguchi	溝口	Approximately 48,100 people
420th	tahara	田原	Approximately 48,000 people
421st	Inada	稲田	Approximately 47,900 people
422nd	Asada	浅田	Approximately 47,500 people
423rd	Tsutsui	筒井	Approximately 47,300 people
424th	Yanagida	柳田	Approximately 47,200 people
425th	Okumura	奧村	Approximately 47,100 people
426th	Ohara	大原	Approximately 47,100 people
427th	Nagano	永野	Approximately 47,100 people
428th	Hayashida	林田	Approximately 46,900 people
429th	Ohira	大平	Approximately 46,900 people
430th	Tomita	冨田	Approximately 46,800 people
431st	Seto	瀬戸	Approximately 46,800 people
432nd	Teduka	手塚	Approximately 46,600 people
433th	Irie	入江	Approximately 46,500 people
434th	Shinoda	篠田	Approximately 46,500 people
435th	Fukunaga	福永	Approximately 46,500 people
436th	Kitahara	北原	Approximately 46,400 people
437th	Tominaga	富永	Approximately 46,200 people
438th	Yuasa	湯浅	Approximately 46,000 people
439th	Koide	小出	Approximately 46,000 people
440th	Turuda	鶴田	Approximately 46,000 people
441st	Yajima	矢島	Approximately 46,000 people
442nd	Numata	沼田	Approximately 45,700 people
443tth	Takamatsu	高松	Approximately 45,600 people
444th	Nagaoka	長岡	Approximately 45,600 people
445th	Horiguchi	堀口	Approximately 45,500 people
446th	Yamaoka	山岡	Approximately 45,400 people
447th	Iwase	岩瀬	Approximately 45,300 people
448th	Ota	大田	Approximately 45,100 people
449th	Ishizaki	石崎	Approximately 44,800 people
450th	Ohtsuki	大槻	Approximately 44,700 people
451st	Sawada	澤田	Approximately 44,700 people
452nd	Ishiyama	石山	Approximately 44,600 people
453rd	Ikegami	池上	Approximately 44,200 people
454th	Horikawa	堀川	Approximately 44,000 people
455th	Ninomiya	二宮	Approximately 44,000 people
456th	Soma	相馬	Approximately 44,000 people
457th	Sonoda	園田	Approximately 43,800 people
458th	Kashiwagi	柏木	Approximately 43,700 people
459th	Hiraoka	平岡	Approximately 43,700 people
460th	Okuda	奧田	Approximately 43,600 people
461st	Shimazaki	島崎	Approximately 43,600 people
462nd	Hanada	花田	Approximately 43,500 people
463rd	Sugihara	杉原	Approximately 43,200 people
464th	Kano	加納	Approximately 43,100 people
465th	Kawano	川野	Approximately 43,000 people
466th	Murase	村瀬	Approximately 43,000 people
467th	Katagiri	片桐	Approximately 42,800 people
468th	Nagasawa	長沢	Approximately 42,700 people
469th	Uchiumi	内海	Approximately 42,700 people
470th	Kurata	倉田	Approximately 42,600 people
471st	Nozawa	野沢	Approximately 42,500 people
472nd	Kawahara	河原	Approximately 42,500 people
473	Hukuhara	福原	Approximately 42,400 people
474th	Ochi	越智	Approximately 42,400 people
475th	Akimoto	秋元	Approximately 42,300 people
476th	Nishihara	西原	Approximately 42,200 people
477th	Matsuno	松野	Approximately 42,200 people
478th	Kasai	笠井	Approximately 42,100 people
479th	Kosaka	小坂	Approximately 41,600 people
480th	Tahata	田畑	Approximately 41,500 people
481st	Hino	日野	Approximately 41,200 people
482nd	Tanimoto	谷本	Approximately 41,200 people
483	Watanabe	渡邊	Approximately 41,100 people
484th	Kitajima	北島	Approximately 41,100 people
485th	Chida	千田	Approximately 41,000 people
486th	Yoshii	吉井	Approximately 40,900 people
487th	Hukazawa	深沢	Approximately 40,800 people
488th	Nishizawa	西沢	Approximately 40,700 people
489th	Aizawa	相沢	Approximately 40,600 people
490th	Tokuda	徳田	Approximately 40,500 people
491st	Haraguchi	原口	Approximately 40,200 people
492nd	Koyanagi	小柳	Approximately 40,100 people
493th	Shintani	新谷	Approximately 40,000 people
494th	Yoneyama	米山	Approximately 40,000 people
495th	Tagami	田上	Approximately 40,000 people
496th	Hosoya	細谷	Approximately 39,900 people
497th	Suga	菅	Approximately 39,800 people
498th	Koizumi	今泉	Approximately 39,800 people
499th	Hamano	浜野	Approximately 39,600 people
500th	Morioka	森岡	Approximately 39,500 people

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