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
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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