The etymology is “small saki” (protruding small terrain) as a place name.
Sasaki is the 13th common Japanese surname.
Hello, Mr. Sasaki. This is an explanation of the origin of the surname Sasaki, which is shared by your ancestors and friends.
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.
Classifica dei cognomi nippo-americani (indagine dell'Ufficio del Censimento degli Stati Uniti, 1990)
Sasaki is ranked 18th in this ranking.
| 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 |
