It is one of Japan’s surnames.
Approximately 17,000 Japanese people bear the Nakano surname.
This is roughly equivalent to the capacity of the Kia Forum in Los Angeles.
It is an alternate kanji form of the surname “Nakano”.
Its origin is believed to be a surname originally written as “中野” (Nakano) that was changed to this “仲野” (Nakano) spelling. For example, records indicate that in Kōrihongo, Hidaka City, Saitama Prefecture, it was written as ‘中野’ during the Edo period and as “仲野” thereafter.
This surname is thought to have originated from name changes mandated by the Meiji-era Commoner Surname Mandatory Use Ordinance.
Japanese American Surname Ranking (U.S. Census Bureau, 1990 Survey)
Although the kanji characters are different, the pronunciation is the same, ranking it 14th among Japanese-American surnames.
| Surname | Kanji | Supplement | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tanaka | 田中 | 4th in Japan |
| 2 | Yamamoto | 山本 山元 | 8th in Japan |
| 3 | Nakamura | 中村 仲村 ・・・ | 7th in Japan |
| 4 | Watanabe | 渡辺 渡部 ・・・ | 6th in Japan |
| 5 | Sato | 佐藤 | 1st in Japan |
| 6 | Yamada | 山田 | 12th in Japan |
| 7 | Kimura | 木村 (written vertically) | 17th in Japan |
| 8 | Suzuki | 鈴木 鈴木 (written vertically) | 2nd in Japan |
| 9 | Kato | 加藤 | 10th in Japan |
| 10 | Yoshida | 吉田 | 11th in Japan |
| 11 | Takahashi | 高橋 | 3rd in Japan |
| 12 | Higa | 比嘉 | 1st in Okinawa, Japan |
| 13 | Kobayashi | 小林 | 9th in Japan |
| 14 | Nakano | 中野 仲野 ・・・ | 46th in Japan |
| 15 | Hayashi | 林 | 20th in Japan |
| 16 | Hashimoto | 橋本 | 24th in Japan |
| 17 | Saito | 斎藤 斉藤 ・・・ | 19th in Japan |
| 18 | Sasaki | 佐々木 | 13th in Japan |
| 19 | Mori | 森 毛利 ・・・ | 22th in Japan |
| 20 | Matsumoto | 松本 (written vertically) 松元 | 15th in Japan |
Explanation of this calligraphy
The top row is in hiragana, the middle row in kanji, and the bottom row in katakana, all written horizontally.
