
Tanaka is the 4th most common Japanese surname.
The etymology is for rice fields and cultivation. It is said that when a small village was formed, “Tanaka” was created as a place name. It is believed that the powers who managed and occupied the rice fields on all sides called themselves “Tanaka” and the surname “Tanaka” spread throughout the country.
> Japanese names in Kanji
The etymology is for rice fields and cultivation. It is said that when a small village was formed, “Tanaka” was created as a place name. It is believed that the powers who managed and occupied the rice fields on all sides called themselves “Tanaka” and the surname “Tanaka” spread throughout the country.
> 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 |



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