Morita in Kanji, Hiragana and Katakana

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

Found nationwide, particularly common in Aomori, Toyama, and Tottori Prefectures.
Shared lineage with the Morita clan. Derived from the auspicious character “盛” (prosperity) and “田” (field).
The Morita family of Aomori Prefecture: A wealthy merchant family from Shichinohe, descendants of Ishida Mitsunari. They adopted the character “田” from Ishida’s name and the character ‘盛’ from Morioka Domain to form “Morita”.
The Morita family of Kagoshima: Added the character “田” to the single-character surname “盛” from the Amami Islands in Kagoshima Prefecture.
This surname is relatively rare in Japan, ranking around 2,035th. Approximately 7,000 people bear this surname in Japan.

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

Japanese surnames are the 29th most common among Japanese Americans.

	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
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29	Morita	(written vertically)	61th in Japan