The etymology is “small saki” (protruding small terrain) as a place name.
Sasaki is the 13th common Japanese surname.
Etymology of the Sasaki surname
Originated from the area near Sasaki Shrine (formerly Sasaki) in Jorakuji, Azuchi-cho, Omihachiman City, Shiga Prefecture. This place name was recorded in the Nara period.
The same place was in the Kamakura Period in the late Heian Period, when Yukinoshita and Komachi in Kamakura City, Kanagawa Prefecture, were in the Kamakura Shogunate, the seat of government. In Makino, Midori-ku, Sagamihara City, Kanagawa Prefecture, there is a legend that it is a descendant of Takatsuna Sasaki, a military commander in the Heian and Kamakura periods, and in Niikura, Yanagawa-cho, Otsuki City, Yamanashi Prefecture, there is a legend that it is a descendant of Nobutsuna Sasaki, a military commander in the Heian and Kamakura periods. In Minamihira, Hino City, Tokyo, it is said that he lived in the Kamakura period. In Hongo Kitagata, Miyazaki City, Miyazaki Prefecture, there is a legend that he came from the eastern part of Shizuoka Prefecture (formerly Izu Province) in the Kamakura Period. They are said to be pioneers in Kinnari-Kosako, Kurihara City, Miyagi Prefecture; Nango-Maekubo, Ishigoe-cho, Tome City, Miyagi Prefecture; Asamizu-Kojima, Nakada-cho, Tome City, Miyagi Prefecture; Harioka-Ashihaya, Ishinomaki City, Miyagi Prefecture; Kurasone-Terago, Momo-cho, Ishinomaki City, Miyagi Prefecture; Kitaura-Yokozuchi, Misato Town, Todagun, Miyagi Prefecture; Tateyama-Matsukake-Miyada, Marumori-cho, Igugi-gun, Miyagi Prefecture; and Teoka, Nikko City, Tochigi Prefecture. In Iegushi, Ainan-cho, Minami-uwa-gun, Ehime Prefecture, the family name is said to be a new Meiji surname, named after the Sasaki clan. Zenrin. In Kanbayashi, Matsumoto City, Nagano Prefecture, the family name is said to be a descendant of Sasaki Takatsuna, a military commander of the Heian and Kamakura periods.
Japanese American Surname Ranking (U.S. Census Bureau, 1990 Survey)
Sasaki is ranked 18th in this ranking.
| 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 |
