Kato

Kato in brushed Kanji

The surname Kato is said to have been derived from “Mr. Fujiwara,” who once held great power.
Mr. Fujiwara, who had strong power, is said to have become more and more inconvenient as the number of people (descendants and relatives) who give their surnames increased, and new surnames with the letters “Fuji” were derived more and more.
As for the flow that Mr. Kato was able to create, first of all, a person named “Shoyo”, a child of Toshihito Fujiwara, became the ancestor of “Mr. Saito” who was derived from Mr. Fujiwara.
It is said that Kagasuke, a child of the royal family, became the name of Kagasuke and moved to Kaga.
It is said that Mr. Fujiwara, who moved to Kaga, was the origin of Mr. Kato.
Kato is the 10th most common Japanese surname.
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Ranked by surname (family name) in Japan.

RankingSurnameapproximate number of persons
1stSato1,853,000
2ndSuzuki1,786,000
3rdTakahashi1,399,000
4thTanaka1,326,000
5thIto1,065,000
6thWatanabe1,055,000
7thYamamoto1,041,000
8thNakamura1,037,000
9thKobayashi1,021,000
10thKato882,000
11thYoshida823,000
12thYamada808,000
13thSasaki665,000
14thYamaguchi638,000
15thMatsumoto622,000
16thInoue610,000
17thKimura571,000
18thHayashi541,000
19thSaito538,000
20thShimizu529,000