Kato in Kanji (include wisteria in kanji)

Hello, Mr. Kato. This is an explanation of the origin of the surname Kato, which is shared by your ancestors and friends.

The surname Kato is said to have been derived from “Mr. Fujiwara,” who once held great power.
Mr. Fujiwara, who had strong power, is said to have become more and more inconvenient as the number of people (descendants and relatives) who give their surnames increased, and new surnames with the letters “Fuji” were derived more and more.
As for the flow that Mr. Kato was able to create, first of all, a person named “Shoyo”, a child of Toshihito Fujiwara, became the ancestor of “Mr. Saito” who was derived from Mr. Fujiwara.
It is said that Kagasuke, a child of the royal family, became the name of Kagasuke and moved to Kaga.
It is said that Mr. Fujiwara, who moved to Kaga, was the origin of Mr. Kato.
Kato is the 10th most common Japanese surname.

Japanese American Surname Ranking (U.S. Census Bureau, 1990 Survey)

This places it at 9th position in the Japanese American surname ranking.

	Surname	Kanji	Supplement
1	Tanaka		4th in Japan
2	Yamamoto		8th in Japan
3	Nakamura	・・・	7th in Japan
4	Watanabe	・・・	6th in Japan
5	Sato		1st in Japan
6	Yamada		12th in Japan
7	Kimura	(written vertically)	17th in Japan
8	Suzuki	(written vertically)	2nd in Japan
9	Kato		10th in Japan
10	Yoshida		11th in Japan
11	Takahashi		3rd in Japan
12	Higa		1st in Okinawa, Japan
13	Kobayashi		9th in Japan
14	Nakano	・・・	46th in Japan
15	Hayashi		20th in Japan
16	Hashimoto		24th in Japan
17	Saito	・・・	19th in Japan
18	Sasaki		13th in Japan
19	Mori	・・・	22th in Japan
20	Matsumoto	(written vertically)	15th in Japan