Katori

Katori mames kanji

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.
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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
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1,542thKatori10,500