{
  "id": "jp-surnames",
  "name": "Japan — Popular Surnames",
  "title": "Japan — Popular Surnames",
  "description": "Most common family names (surnames) reported in Japan, ranked by frequency, with localized and romanized spellings and population counts where available. Compiled from Wikipedia 'Lists of most common surnames' (accessed Jul 2023) via the sigpwned/popular-names-by-country-dataset project.",
  "category": "geography",
  "source": "https://github.com/sigpwned/popular-names-by-country-dataset",
  "source_url": "https://github.com/sigpwned/popular-names-by-country-dataset",
  "updated": "2026-04",
  "record_count": 100,
  "columns": [
    {
      "key": "id",
      "label": "Id",
      "type": "string"
    },
    {
      "key": "rank",
      "label": "Rank",
      "type": "number"
    },
    {
      "key": "localized",
      "label": "Localized",
      "type": "string"
    },
    {
      "key": "romanized",
      "label": "Romanized",
      "type": "string"
    },
    {
      "key": "count",
      "label": "Count",
      "type": "number"
    }
  ],
  "rows": [
    {
      "id": "JP-1",
      "rank": 1,
      "localized": "佐藤",
      "romanized": "Satō",
      "count": 1990000
    },
    {
      "id": "JP-2",
      "rank": 2,
      "localized": "鈴木",
      "romanized": "Suzuki",
      "count": 1900000
    },
    {
      "id": "JP-3",
      "rank": 3,
      "localized": "高橋",
      "romanized": "Takahashi",
      "count": 1470000
    },
    {
      "id": "JP-4",
      "rank": 4,
      "localized": "田中",
      "romanized": "Tanaka",
      "count": 1340000
    },
    {
      "id": "JP-5",
      "rank": 5,
      "localized": "渡辺",
      "romanized": "Watanabe",
      "count": 1200000
    },
    {
      "id": "JP-6",
      "rank": 6,
      "localized": "伊藤",
      "romanized": "Itō",
      "count": 1150000
    },
    {
      "id": "JP-7",
      "rank": 7,
      "localized": "中村",
      "romanized": "Nakamura",
      "count": 1080000
    },
    {
      "id": "JP-8",
      "rank": 8,
      "localized": "小林",
      "romanized": "Kobayashi",
      "count": 1060000
    },
    {
      "id": "JP-9",
      "rank": 9,
      "localized": "山本",
      "romanized": "Yamamoto",
      "count": 1020000
    },
    {
      "id": "JP-10",
      "rank": 10,
      "localized": "加藤",
      "romanized": "Katō",
      "count": 920000
    },
    {
      "id": "JP-11",
      "rank": 11,
      "localized": "吉田",
      "romanized": "Yoshida",
      "count": 850000
    },
    {
      "id": "JP-12",
      "rank": 12,
      "localized": "山田",
      "romanized": "Yamada",
      "count": 820000
    },
    {
      "id": "JP-13",
      "rank": 13,
      "localized": "佐々木",
      "romanized": "Sasaki",
      "count": 710000
    },
    {
      "id": "JP-14",
      "rank": 14,
      "localized": "山口",
      "romanized": "Yamaguchi",
      "count": 640000
    },
    {
      "id": "JP-15",
      "rank": 15,
      "localized": "松本",
      "romanized": "Matsumoto",
      "count": 630000
    },
    {
      "id": "JP-16",
      "rank": 16,
      "localized": "井上",
      "romanized": "Inoue",
      "count": 600000
    },
    {
      "id": "JP-17",
      "rank": 17,
      "localized": "木村",
      "romanized": "Kimura",
      "count": 580000
    },
    {
      "id": "JP-18",
      "rank": 18,
      "localized": "清水",
      "romanized": "Shimizu",
      "count": 560000
    },
    {
      "id": "JP-19",
      "rank": 19,
      "localized": "林",
      "romanized": "Hayashi",
      "count": 550000
    },
    {
      "id": "JP-20",
      "rank": 20,
      "localized": "斉藤",
      "romanized": "Saitō",
      "count": 530000
    },
    {
      "id": "JP-21",
      "rank": 21,
      "localized": "斎藤",
      "romanized": "Saitō",
      "count": 520000
    },
    {
      "id": "JP-22",
      "rank": 22,
      "localized": "山崎",
      "romanized": "Yamasaki, Yamazaki",
      "count": 490000
    },
    {
      "id": "JP-23",
      "rank": 23,
      "localized": "中島",
      "romanized": "Nakajima, Nakashima",
      "count": 480000
    },
    {
      "id": "JP-24",
      "rank": 24,
      "localized": "森",
      "romanized": "Mori",
      "count": 470000
    },
    {
      "id": "JP-25",
      "rank": 25,
      "localized": "阿部",
      "romanized": "Abe",
      "count": 470000
    },
    {
      "id": "JP-26",
      "rank": 26,
      "localized": "池田",
      "romanized": "Ikeda",
      "count": 450000
    },
    {
      "id": "JP-27",
      "rank": 27,
      "localized": "橋本",
      "romanized": "Hashimoto",
      "count": 450000
    },
    {
      "id": "JP-28",
      "rank": 28,
      "localized": "石川",
      "romanized": "Ishikawa",
      "count": 440000
    },
    {
      "id": "JP-29",
      "rank": 29,
      "localized": "山下",
      "romanized": "Yamashita",
      "count": 410000
    },
    {
      "id": "JP-30",
      "rank": 30,
      "localized": "小川",
      "romanized": "Ogawa",
      "count": 410000
    },
    {
      "id": "JP-31",
      "rank": 31,
      "localized": "石井",
      "romanized": "Ishii",
      "count": 400000
    },
    {
      "id": "JP-32",
      "rank": 32,
      "localized": "長谷川",
      "romanized": "Hasegawa",
      "count": 390000
    },
    {
      "id": "JP-33",
      "rank": 33,
      "localized": "後藤",
      "romanized": "Gotō",
      "count": 390000
    },
    {
      "id": "JP-34",
      "rank": 34,
      "localized": "岡田",
      "romanized": "Okada",
      "count": 380000
    },
    {
      "id": "JP-35",
      "rank": 35,
      "localized": "近藤",
      "romanized": "Kondō",
      "count": 370000
    },
    {
      "id": "JP-36",
      "rank": 36,
      "localized": "前田",
      "romanized": "Maeda",
      "count": 370000
    },
    {
      "id": "JP-37",
      "rank": 37,
      "localized": "藤田",
      "romanized": "Fujita",
      "count": 370000
    },
    {
      "id": "JP-38",
      "rank": 38,
      "localized": "遠藤",
      "romanized": "Endō",
      "count": 360000
    },
    {
      "id": "JP-39",
      "rank": 39,
      "localized": "青木",
      "romanized": "Aoki",
      "count": 350000
    },
    {
      "id": "JP-40",
      "rank": 40,
      "localized": "坂本",
      "romanized": "Sakamoto",
      "count": 350000
    },
    {
      "id": "JP-41",
      "rank": 41,
      "localized": "村上",
      "romanized": "Murakami",
      "count": 340000
    },
    {
      "id": "JP-42",
      "rank": 42,
      "localized": "太田",
      "romanized": "Ōta",
      "count": 320000
    },
    {
      "id": "JP-43",
      "rank": 43,
      "localized": "金子",
      "romanized": "Kaneko",
      "count": 310000
    },
    {
      "id": "JP-44",
      "rank": 44,
      "localized": "藤井",
      "romanized": "Fujii",
      "count": 310000
    },
    {
      "id": "JP-45",
      "rank": 45,
      "localized": "福田",
      "romanized": "Fukuda",
      "count": 300000
    },
    {
      "id": "JP-46",
      "rank": 46,
      "localized": "西村",
      "romanized": "Nishimura",
      "count": 300000
    },
    {
      "id": "JP-47",
      "rank": 47,
      "localized": "三浦",
      "romanized": "Miura",
      "count": 300000
    },
    {
      "id": "JP-48",
      "rank": 48,
      "localized": "竹内",
      "romanized": "Takeuchi",
      "count": 290000
    },
    {
      "id": "JP-49",
      "rank": 49,
      "localized": "中川",
      "romanized": "Nakagawa",
      "count": 290000
    },
    {
      "id": "JP-50",
      "rank": 50,
      "localized": "岡本",
      "romanized": "Okamoto",
      "count": 290000
    },
    {
      "id": "JP-51",
      "rank": 51,
      "localized": "松田",
      "romanized": "Matsuda",
      "count": 290000
    },
    {
      "id": "JP-52",
      "rank": 52,
      "localized": "原田",
      "romanized": "Harada",
      "count": 290000
    },
    {
      "id": "JP-53",
      "rank": 53,
      "localized": "中野",
      "romanized": "Nakano",
      "count": 290000
    },
    {
      "id": "JP-54",
      "rank": 54,
      "localized": "小野",
      "romanized": "Ono",
      "count": 280000
    },
    {
      "id": "JP-55",
      "rank": 55,
      "localized": "田村",
      "romanized": "Tamura",
      "count": 280000
    },
    {
      "id": "JP-56",
      "rank": 56,
      "localized": "藤原",
      "romanized": "Fujihara, Fujiwara",
      "count": 270000
    },
    {
      "id": "JP-57",
      "rank": 57,
      "localized": "中山",
      "romanized": "Nakayama",
      "count": 270000
    },
    {
      "id": "JP-58",
      "rank": 58,
      "localized": "石田",
      "romanized": "Ishida",
      "count": 270000
    },
    {
      "id": "JP-59",
      "rank": 59,
      "localized": "小島",
      "romanized": "Kojima",
      "count": 260000
    },
    {
      "id": "JP-60",
      "rank": 60,
      "localized": "和田",
      "romanized": "Wada",
      "count": 260000
    },
    {
      "id": "JP-61",
      "rank": 61,
      "localized": "森田",
      "romanized": "Morita",
      "count": 250000
    },
    {
      "id": "JP-62",
      "rank": 62,
      "localized": "内田",
      "romanized": "Uchida",
      "count": 250000
    },
    {
      "id": "JP-63",
      "rank": 63,
      "localized": "柴田",
      "romanized": "Shibata",
      "count": 250000
    },
    {
      "id": "JP-64",
      "rank": 64,
      "localized": "酒井",
      "romanized": "Sakai",
      "count": 240000
    },
    {
      "id": "JP-65",
      "rank": 65,
      "localized": "原",
      "romanized": "Hara",
      "count": 240000
    },
    {
      "id": "JP-66",
      "rank": 66,
      "localized": "高木",
      "romanized": "Takagi, Takaki",
      "count": 240000
    },
    {
      "id": "JP-67",
      "rank": 67,
      "localized": "横山",
      "romanized": "Yokoyama",
      "count": 240000
    },
    {
      "id": "JP-68",
      "rank": 68,
      "localized": "安藤",
      "romanized": "Andō",
      "count": 240000
    },
    {
      "id": "JP-69",
      "rank": 69,
      "localized": "宮崎",
      "romanized": "Miyasaki, Miyazaki",
      "count": 240000
    },
    {
      "id": "JP-70",
      "rank": 70,
      "localized": "上田",
      "romanized": "Ueda, Ueta",
      "count": 240000
    },
    {
      "id": "JP-71",
      "rank": 71,
      "localized": "島田",
      "romanized": "Shimada",
      "count": 230000
    },
    {
      "id": "JP-72",
      "rank": 72,
      "localized": "工藤",
      "romanized": "Kudō",
      "count": 230000
    },
    {
      "id": "JP-73",
      "rank": 73,
      "localized": "大野",
      "romanized": "Ōno",
      "count": 220000
    },
    {
      "id": "JP-74",
      "rank": 74,
      "localized": "宮本",
      "romanized": "Miyamoto",
      "count": 220000
    },
    {
      "id": "JP-75",
      "rank": 75,
      "localized": "杉山",
      "romanized": "Sugiyama",
      "count": 220000
    },
    {
      "id": "JP-76",
      "rank": 76,
      "localized": "今井",
      "romanized": "Imai",
      "count": 220000
    },
    {
      "id": "JP-77",
      "rank": 77,
      "localized": "丸山",
      "romanized": "Maruyama",
      "count": 210000
    },
    {
      "id": "JP-78",
      "rank": 78,
      "localized": "増田",
      "romanized": "Masuda",
      "count": 210000
    },
    {
      "id": "JP-79",
      "rank": 79,
      "localized": "高田",
      "romanized": "Takada, Takata",
      "count": 210000
    },
    {
      "id": "JP-80",
      "rank": 80,
      "localized": "村田",
      "romanized": "Murata",
      "count": 210000
    },
    {
      "id": "JP-81",
      "rank": 81,
      "localized": "平野",
      "romanized": "Hirano",
      "count": 210000
    },
    {
      "id": "JP-82",
      "rank": 82,
      "localized": "大塚",
      "romanized": "Ōtsuka",
      "count": 210000
    },
    {
      "id": "JP-83",
      "rank": 83,
      "localized": "菅原",
      "romanized": "Sugahara, Sugawara",
      "count": 210000
    },
    {
      "id": "JP-84",
      "rank": 84,
      "localized": "武田",
      "romanized": "Takeda, Taketa",
      "count": 200000
    },
    {
      "id": "JP-85",
      "rank": 85,
      "localized": "新井",
      "romanized": "Arai",
      "count": 200000
    },
    {
      "id": "JP-86",
      "rank": 86,
      "localized": "小山",
      "romanized": "Koyama, Oyama",
      "count": 200000
    },
    {
      "id": "JP-87",
      "rank": 87,
      "localized": "野口",
      "romanized": "Noguchi",
      "count": 200000
    },
    {
      "id": "JP-88",
      "rank": 88,
      "localized": "桜井",
      "romanized": "Sakurai",
      "count": 200000
    },
    {
      "id": "JP-89",
      "rank": 89,
      "localized": "千葉",
      "romanized": "Chiba",
      "count": 200000
    },
    {
      "id": "JP-90",
      "rank": 90,
      "localized": "岩崎",
      "romanized": "Iwasaki",
      "count": 200000
    },
    {
      "id": "JP-91",
      "rank": 91,
      "localized": "佐野",
      "romanized": "Sano",
      "count": 200000
    },
    {
      "id": "JP-92",
      "rank": 92,
      "localized": "谷口",
      "romanized": "Taniguchi",
      "count": 200000
    },
    {
      "id": "JP-93",
      "rank": 93,
      "localized": "上野",
      "romanized": "Ueno",
      "count": 200000
    },
    {
      "id": "JP-94",
      "rank": 94,
      "localized": "松井",
      "romanized": "Matsui",
      "count": 190000
    },
    {
      "id": "JP-95",
      "rank": 95,
      "localized": "河野",
      "romanized": "Kawano, Kōno",
      "count": 190000
    },
    {
      "id": "JP-96",
      "rank": 96,
      "localized": "市川",
      "romanized": "Ichikawa",
      "count": 190000
    },
    {
      "id": "JP-97",
      "rank": 97,
      "localized": "渡部",
      "romanized": "Watabe, Watanabe",
      "count": 190000
    },
    {
      "id": "JP-98",
      "rank": 98,
      "localized": "野村",
      "romanized": "Nomura",
      "count": 180000
    },
    {
      "id": "JP-99",
      "rank": 99,
      "localized": "菊地",
      "romanized": "Kikuchi",
      "count": 180000
    },
    {
      "id": "JP-100",
      "rank": 100,
      "localized": "木下",
      "romanized": "Kinoshita",
      "count": 180000
    }
  ],
  "meta": {
    "title": "Japan — Popular Surnames - Free Download",
    "description": "Most common family names (surnames) reported in Japan, ranked by frequency, with localized and romanized spellings and population counts where available. Compiled from Wikipedia 'Lists of most common surnames' (accessed Jul 2023) via the sigpwned/popular-names-by-country-dataset project. Contains 100 records. Download in Excel, CSV, PDF formats.",
    "seo_title": "Japan — Popular Surnames | ListBase",
    "seo_description": "Download Japan — Popular Surnames dataset with 100 records. Available in Excel, CSV, PDF formats.",
    "key_takeaways": [
      "Contains 100 records with 5 fields",
      "Available for free download in Excel, CSV, and PDF formats",
      "Data sourced from https://github.com/sigpwned/popular-names-by-country-dataset"
    ]
  }
}