Kobayashi is the 9th most common Japanese surname.
“Kobayashi” means a small forest, and there are forests that protect houses such as windbreaks and sandbreaks near the village. It is thought that it became a place name and the surname was used. There are some areas where Kobayashi is called “Obayashi”, and if you include that, it will be a considerable number of place names.
> Japanese names in Kanji
“Kobayashi” means a small forest, and there are forests that protect houses such as windbreaks and sandbreaks near the village. It is thought that it became a place name and the surname was used. There are some areas where Kobayashi is called “Obayashi”, and if you include that, it will be a considerable number of place names.
> Japanese names in Kanji
Ranked by surname (family name) in Japan.
| Ranking | Surname | approximate number of persons |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Sato | 1,853,000 |
| 2nd | Suzuki | 1,786,000 |
| 3rd | Takahashi | 1,399,000 |
| 4th | Tanaka | 1,326,000 |
| 5th | Ito | 1,065,000 |
| 6th | Watanabe | 1,055,000 |
| 7th | Yamamoto | 1,041,000 |
| 8th | Nakamura | 1,037,000 |
| 9th | Kobayashi | 1,021,000 |
| 10th | Kato | 882,000 |
| 11th | Yoshida | 823,000 |
| 12th | Yamada | 808,000 |
| 13th | Sasaki | 665,000 |
| 14th | Yamaguchi | 638,000 |
| 15th | Matsumoto | 622,000 |
| 16th | Inoue | 610,000 |
| 17th | Kimura | 571,000 |
| 18th | Hayashi | 541,000 |
| 19th | Saito | 538,000 |
| 20th | Shimizu | 529,000 |
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