Katori is the Japanese surname.
The etymology comes from the place where the god is, the enshrined place, the god gate, and the place where the wish is made to the god. “Incense” is a god’s variant, and “tori” is a certain section. Place names exist in Miyagi, Ibaraki, Chiba, Mie, etc.
> Japanese names in Kanji
The etymology comes from the place where the god is, the enshrined place, the god gate, and the place where the wish is made to the god. “Incense” is a god’s variant, and “tori” is a certain section. Place names exist in Miyagi, Ibaraki, Chiba, Mie, etc.
> Japanese names in Kanji
Ranked by surname (family name) in Japan.
Ranking | Surname | approximate number of persons |
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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 |
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1,542th | Katori | 10,500 |