Kato

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 names in Kanji

Classés par nom de famille au Japon.

Classement	Nom de famille	nombre approximatif de personnes
1er	Sato	1,853,000
2ème	Suzuki	1,786,000
3ème	Takahashi	1,399,000
4ème	Tanaka	1,326,000
5ème	Ito	1,065,000
6ème	Watanabe	1,055,000
7e	Yamamoto	1,041,000
8ème	Nakamura	1,037,000
9e	Kobayashi	1,021,000
10e	Kato	882,000
11e	Yoshida	823,000
12e	Yamada	808,000
13e	Sasaki	665,000
14e	Yamaguchi	638,000
15e	Matsumoto	622,000
16e	Inoue	610,000
17e	Kimura	571,000
18e	Hayashi	541,000
19e	Saito	538,000
20th	Shimizu	529,000