Hashimoto in Kanji, Katakana and Hiragana

The Hashimoto surname is distributed nationwide, with Fukushima Prefecture’s Miharu Town notably having 9% of its population bearing the surname. While Fukushima is the only prefecture ranking in the national top ten, the surname is found fairly evenly throughout Japan, excluding Kagoshima and Okinawa Prefectures.

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

The origin of “Hashimoto” (橋本) is a surname derived from the topography “at the foot of a bridge” (橋のたもと). It is thought that this place name arose from settlements near bridges or towns forming beside bridges as key transportation points, and later spread as a surname.

Some cases may originate from the Imperial line

The most famous Hashimoto family is the court noble Hashimoto family, who served the Imperial court for generations by playing the flute. They are a branch of the Saionji clan of the Northern Fujiwara lineage.

Explanation of this calligraphy by Hashimoto

La riga superiore è in hiragana, la riga centrale in kanji e la riga inferiore in katakana, tutte scritte orizzontalmente.

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

This ranks 16th in the Japanese American surname rankings.

	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