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

The surname Abe has three common kanji characters.

They are written horizontally in three lines in the center.
Regarding their origin, it is thought they all stem from the same root. It is likely that when kanji characters were later assigned to the ancient clan “Abe,” which existed before the introduction of kanji, various patterns emerged. Among these, the most common today is the second line, “阿部.”

In ancient times, a clan written as “阿倍” flourished. During the Heian period, Abe no Seimei, an onmyōji (diviner), emerged from this clan, and thereafter “安倍” became the mainstream form.

During the Edo period, the Abe clan, who served as senior retainers to the Tokugawa shogunate, prospered. Since then, “Abe” has often been represented by ‘阿部’. Even today, “阿部” is the most common, ranking 23rd nationally, with a concentration from Tohoku to northern Kanto.

This calligraphy does not include the ancient “阿倍”.

Classifica dei cognomi nippo-americani (indagine dell'Ufficio del Censimento degli Stati Uniti, 1990)

In this ranking, Abe is 31st.

	Cognome	Kanji	Supplemento
1	Tanaka		4° in Giappone
2	Yamamoto		8° in Giappone
3	Nakamura	・・・	7° in Giappone
4	Watanabe	・・・	6° in Giappone
5	Sato		Primo in Giappone
6	Yamada		12° in Giappone
7	Kimura	(scritto in verticale)	17° in Giappone
8	Suzuki	(scritto in verticale)	Secondo in Giappone
9	Kato		10° in Giappone
10	Yoshida		11° in Giappone
11	Takahashi		3° in Giappone
12	Higa		Primo posto a Okinawa , in Giappone.
13	Kobayashi		9° in Giappone
14	Nakano	・・・	46° in Giappone
15	Hayashi		20° posto in Giappone
16	Hashimoto		24° in Giappone
17	Saito	・・・	19° in Giappone
18	Sasaki		13° in Giappone
19	Mori	・・・	22° in Giappone
20	Matsumoto	(scritto in verticale)	15° in Giappone
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31	Abe	Refer to the work