Western customs have been widely adopted in Japanese dealings abroad and these include the traditional order in which names are written. In Japan the surname should come first, despite the regular use of the Western style. Most surnames consist of two kanji characters.
| Abe | Abukara | Adachi | Aida | Aihara | Aizawa |
| Ajibana | Akaike | Akamatsu | Akatsuka | Akechi | Akera |
| Akimoto | Akita | Akiyama | Akutagawa | Amagawa | Amaya |
| Amori | Anami | Ando | Anzai | Aoki | Arai |
| Arakawa | Araki | Arakida | Arato | Arihyoshi | Arishima |
| Arita | Ariwa | Ariwara | Asahara | Asahi | Asai |
| Asano | Asanuma | Asari | Ashia | Ashida | Ashikaga |
| Asuhara | Atshushi | Ayabito | Ayugai | Baba | Baisotei |
| Bando | Bunya | Chiba | Chikamatsu | Chikanatsu | Chino |
| Chishu | Choshi | Daishi | Dan | Date | Dazai |
| Deguchi | Deushi | Doi | Ebina | Ebisawa | Eda |
| Egami | Eguchi | Ekiguchi | Endo | Endoso | Enoki |
| Enomoto | Erizawa | Eto | Etsuko | Ezakiya | Fuchida |
| Fugunaga | Fujikage | Fujimaki | Fujimoto | Fujioka | Fujishima |
| Fujita | Fujiwara | Fukao | Fukayama | Fukuda | Fukumitsu |
| Fukunaka | Fukuoka | Fukusaku | Fukushima | Fukuyama | Fukuzawa |
| Fumihiko | Funabashi | Funaki | Funakoshi | Furusawa | Fuschida |
| Fuse | Futabatei | Fuwa | Gakusha | Genda | Genji |
| Gensai | Godo | Goto | Gushiken | Hachirobei | Haga |
| Hagino | Hagiwara | Hama | Hamacho | Hamada | Hamaguchi |
| Hamamoto | Hanabusa | Hanari | Handa | Hara | Harada |
| Haruguchi | Hasegawa | Hasekura | Hashimoto | Hasimoto | Hatakeda |
| Hatakeyama | Hatayama | Hatoyama | Hattori | Hayakawa | Hayami |
| Hayashi | Hayashida | Hayata | Hayuata | Hida | Hideaki |
| Hideki | Hideyoshi | Higashikuni | Higashiyama | Higo | Higoshi |
| Higuchi | Hike | Hino | Hira | Hiraga | Hiraki |
| Hirano | Hiranuma | Hiraoka | Hirase | Hirasi | Hirata |
| Hiratasuka | Hirayama | Hiro | Hirose | Hirota | Hiroyuki |
| Hisamatsu | Hishida | Hishikawa | Hitomi | Hiyama | Hohki |
| Hojo | Hokusai | Honami | Honda | Hori | Horigome |
| Horigoshi | Horiuchi | Horri | Hoshino | Hosokawa | Hosokaya |
| Hotate | Hotta | Hyata | Hyobanshi | Ibi | Ibu |
| Ibuka | Ichigawa | Ichihara | Ichikawa | Ichimonji | Ichiro |
| Ichisada | Ichiyusai | Idane | Iemochi | Ienari | Iesada |
| Ieyasu | Ieyoshi | Igarashi | Ihara | Ii | Iida |
| Iijima | Iitaka | Ijichi | Ijiri | Ikeda | Ikina |
| Ikoma | Imada | Imagawa | Imai | Imaizumi | Imamura |
| Imoo | Ina | Inaba | Inao | Inihara | Ino |
| Inoguchi | Inokuma | Inoue | Inouye | Inukai | Ippitsusai |
| Irie | Iriye | Isayama | Ise | Iseki | Iseya |
| Ishibashi | Ishida | Ishiguro | Ishihara | Ishikawa | Ishimaru |
| Ishimura | Ishinomori | Ishiyama | Isobe | Isoda | Isozaki |
| Itagaki | Itami | Ito | Itoh | Iwahara | Iwahashi |
| Iwakura | Iwasa | Iwasaki | Izumi | Jimbo | Jippensha |
| Jo | Joshuya | Joshuyo | Jukodo | Jumonji | Kada |
| Kagabu | Kagawa | Kahae | Kahaya | Kaibara | Kaima |
| Kajahara | Kajitani | Kajiwara | Kajiyama | Kakinomoto | Kakutama |
| Kamachi | Kamata | Kaminaga | Kamio | Kamioka | Kamisaka |
| Kamo | Kamon | Kan | Kanada | Kanagaki | Kanegawa |
| Kaneko | Kanesaka | Kano | Karamorita | Karube | Karubo |
| Kasahara | Kasai | Kasamatsu | Kasaya | Kase | Kashiwagi |
| Kasuse | Kataoka | Katayama | Katayanagi | Kate | Kato |
| Katoaka | Katsu | Katsukawa | Katsumata | Katsura | Katsushika |
| Kawabata | Kawachi | Kawagichi | Kawagishi | Kawaguchi | Kawai |
| Kawaii | Kawakami | Kawamata | Kawamura | Kawasaki | Kawasawa |
| Kawashima | Kawasie | Kawatake | Kawate | Kawayama | Kawazu |
| Kaza | Kazuyoshi | Kenkyusha | Kenmotsu | Kentaro | Ki |
| Kido | Kihara | Kijimuta | Kijmuta | Kikkawa | Kikuchi |
| Kikugawa | Kikui | Kikutake | Kimio | Kimiyama | Kimura |
| Kinashita | Kinoshita | Kinugasa | Kira | Kishi | Kiski |
| Kita | Kitabatake | Kitagawa | Kitamura | Kitano | Kitao |
| Kitoaji | Ko | Kobayashi | Kobi | Kodama | Koga |
| Kogara | Kogo | Koguchi | Koiso | Koizumi | Kojima |
| Kokan | Komagata | Komatsu | Komatsuzaki | Komine | Komiya |
| Komon | Komura | Kon | Konae | Konda | Kondo |
| Konishi | Kono | Konoe | Koruba | Koshin | Kotara |
| Kotoku | Koyama | Koyanagi | Kozu | Kubo | Kubota |
| Kudara | Kudo | Kuga | Kumagae | Kumasaka | Kunda |
| Kunikida | Kunisada | Kuno | Kunomasu | Kuramochi | Kuramoto |
| Kurata | Kurkawa | Kurmochi | Kuroda | Kurofuji | Kurogane |
| Kurohiko | Kuroki | Kurosawa | Kurusu | Kusatsu | Kusonoki |
| Kusuhara | Kusunoki | Kuwabara | Kwakami | Kyubei | Maeda |
| Maehata | Maeno | Maita | Makiguchi | Makino | Makioka |
| Makuda | Marubeni | Marugo | Marusa | Maruya | Maruyama |
| Masanobu | Masaoka | Mashita | Masoni | Masudu | Masuko |
| Masuno | Masuzoe | Matano | Matokai | Matoke | Matsuda |
| Matsukata | Matsuki | Matsumara | Matsumoto | Matsumura | Matsuo |
| Matsuoka | Matsura | Matsushina | Matsushita | Matsuya | Matsuzawa |
| Mayuzumi | Mazaki | Mazawa | Mazuka | Mifune | Mihashi |
| Miki | Mimasuya | Minabuchi | Minami | Minamoto | Minatoya |
| Minobe | Mishima | Mitsubishi | Mitsuharu | Mitsui | Mitsukuri |
| Mitsuwa | Mitsuya | Mitzusaka | Miura | Miwa | Miyagi |
| Miyahara | Miyajima | Miyake | Miyamae | Miyamoto | Miyazaki |
| Miyazawa | Miyoshi | Mizoguchi | Mizumaki | Mizuno | Mizutani |
| Modegi | Momotami | Momotani | Monomonoi | Mori | Moriguchi |
| Morimoto | Morinaga | Morioka | Morishita | Morisue | Morita |
| Morri | Moto | Motoori | Motoyoshi | Munakata | Munkata |
| Muraguchi | Murakami | Muraoka | Murasaki | Murase | Murata |
| Murkami | Muro | Muruyama | Mushanaokoji | Mushashibo | Muso |
| Mutsu | Nagahama | Nagai | Nagano | Nagasawa | Nagase |
| Nagata | Nagatsuka | Nagumo | Naito | Nakada | Nakadai |
| Nakadan | Nakae | Nakagawa | Nakahara | Nakajima | Nakamoto |
| Nakamura | Nakane | Nakanishi | Nakano | Nakanoi | Nakao |
| Nakasato | Nakasawa | Nakasone | Nakata | Nakatoni | Nakayama |
| Nakazawa | Namiki | Nanami | Narahashi | Narato | Narita |
| Nataga | Natsume | Nawabe | Nemoto | Niijima | Nijo |
| Ninomiya | Nishi | Nishihara | Nishikawa | Nishimoto | Nishimura |
| Nishimuraya | Nishio | Nishiwaki | Nitta | Nobunaga | Noda |
| Nogi | Noguchi | Nogushi | Nomura | Nonomura | Noro |
| Nosaka | Nose | Nozaki | Nozara | Numajiri | Numata |
| Obata | Obinata | Obuchi | Ochiai | Ochida | Odaka |
| Ogata | Ogiwara | Ogura | Ogyu | Ohba | Ohira |
| Ohishi | Ohka | Ohmae | Ohmiya | Oichi | Oinuma |
| Oishi | Okabe | Okada | Okakura | Okamoto | Okamura |
| Okanao | Okanaya | Okano | Okasawa | Okawa | Okazaki |
| Okazawaya | Okimasa | Okimoto | Okita | Okubo | Okuda |
| Okui | Okuma | Okuma | Okumura | Okura | Omori |
| Omura | Onishi | Ono | Onoda | Onoe | Onohara |
| Ooka | Osagawa | Osaragi | Oshima | Oshin | Ota |
| Otaka | Otake | Otani | Otomo | Otsu | Otsuka |
| Ouchi | Oyama | Ozaki | Ozawa | Ozu | Raikatuji |
| Royama | Ryusaki | Sada | Saeki | Saga | Saigo |
| Saiki | Saionji | Saito | Saitoh | Saji | Sakagami |
| Sakai | Sakakibara | Sakamoto | Sakanoue | Sakata | Sakiyurai |
| Sakoda | Sakubara | Sakuraba | Sakurai | Sammiya | Sanda |
| Sanjo | Sano | Santo | Saromi | Sarumara | Sasada |
| Sasakawa | Sasaki | Sassa | Satake | Sato | Satoh |
| Satoya | Sawamatsu | Sawamura | Sayuki | Segawa | Sekigawa |
| Sekine | Sekozawa | Sen | Senmatsu | Seo | Serizawa |
| Shiba | Shibaguchi | Shibanuma | Shibasaki | Shibasawa | Shibata |
| Shibukji | Shichirobei | Shidehara | Shiga | Shiganori | Shige |
| Shigeki | Shigemitsu | Shigi | Shikitei | Shikuk | Shima |
| Shimada | Shimakage | Shimamura | Shimanouchi | Shimaoka | Shimazaki |
| Shimazu | Shimedzu | Shimizu | Shimohira | Shimon | Shimura |
| Shimuzu | Shinko | Shinozaki | Shinozuka | Shintaro | Shiokawa |
| Shiomi | Shiomiya | Shionoya | Shiotani | Shioya | Shirahata |
| Shirai | Shiraishi | Shirane | Shirasu | Shiratori | Shirokawa |
| Shiroyama | Shiskikura | Shizuma | Shobo | Shoda | Shunji |
| Shunsen | Siagyo | Soga | Sohda | Soho | Soma |
| Someya | Sone | Sonoda | Soseki | Sotomura | Suenami |
| Sugai | Sugase | Sugawara | Sugihara | Sugimura | Sugisata |
| Sugita | Sugitani | Sugiyama | Sumitimo | Sunada | Suzambo |
| Suzuki | Tabuchi | Tadeshi | Tagawa | Taguchi | Taira |
| Taka | Takabe | Takagaki | Takagawa | Takagi | Takahama |
| Takahashi | Takaki | Takamura | Takano | Takaoka | Takara |
| Takarabe | Takashi | Takashita | Takasu | Takasugi | Takayama |
| Takecare | Takeda | Takei | Takekawa | Takemago | Takemitsu |
| Takemura | Takenouchi | Takeshita | Taketomo | Takeuchi | Takewaki |
| Takimoto | Takishida | Takishita | Takizawa | Taku | Takudo |
| Takudome | Tamazaki | Tamura | Tamuro | Tanaka | Tange |
| Tani | Taniguchi | Tanizaki | Tankoshitsu | Tansho | Tanuma |
| Tarumi | Tatenaka | Tatsuko | Tatsuno | Tatsuya | Tawaraya |
| Tayama | Temko | Tenshin | Terada | Terajima | Terakado |
| Terauchi | Teshigahara | Teshima | Tochikura | Togo | Tojo |
| Tokaji | Tokuda | Tokudome | Tokuoka | Tomika | Tomimoto |
| Tomioka | Tommii | Tomonaga | Tomori | Tono | Torii |
| Torisei | Toru | Toshishai | Toshitala | Toshusai | Toyama |
| Toyoda | Toyoshima | Toyota | Toyotomi | Tsubouchi | Tsucgimoto |
| Tsuchie | Tsuda | Tsuji | Tsujimoto | Tsujimura | Tsukada |
| Tsukade | Tsukahara | Tsukamoto | Tsukatani | Tsukawaki | Tsukehara |
| Tsukioka | Tsumemasa | Tsumura | Tsunoda | Tsurimi | Tsuruga |
| Tsuruya | Tsushima | Tsutaya | Tsutomu | Uboshita | Uchida |
| Uchiyama | Ueda | Uehara | Uemura | Ueshima | Uesugi |
| Uetake | Ugaki | Ui | Ukiyo | Umari | Umehara |
| Umeki | Uno | Uoya | Urogataya | Usami | Ushiba |
| Utagawa | Wakai | Wakatsuki | Watabe | Watanabe | Watari |
| Watnabe | Watoga | Yakuta | Yamabe | Yamada | Yamagata |
| Yamaguchi | Yamaguchiya | Yamaha | Yamahata | Yamakage | Yamakawa |
| Yamakazi | Yamamoto | Yamamura | Yamana | Yamanaka | Yamanouchi |
| Yamanoue | Yamaoka | Yamashita | Yamato | Yamawaki | Yamazaki |
| Yamhata | Yamura | Yanagawa | Yanagi | Yanagimoto | Yanagita |
| Yano | Yasuda | Yasuhiro | Yasui | Yasujiro | Yasukawa |
| Yasutake | Yoemon | Yokokawa | Yokoyama | Yonai | Yosano |
| Yoshida | Yoshifumi | Yoshihara | Yoshikawa | Yoshimatsu | Yoshinobu |
| Yoshioka | Yoshitomi | Yoshizaki | Yoshizawa | Yuasa | Yuhara |
| Yunokawa |
|
Aka red |
ao blue |
asa shallow |
fuka deep |
|
hashi/bashi bridge |
hata/bata cropfield |
hayashi/bayashi wood |
higashi east |
|
Ike pond |
ishi stone |
ita board |
iwa rock |
|
kawa river |
ki tree |
kita north |
kiyo pure |
|
kuro black |
mae front |
matsu pinewood |
minami south |
|
mizu water |
mori forest |
moto near |
mura village |
|
naka in |
nishi west |
no plain |
numa marsh |
|
oka hill |
saka slope |
saki/zaki cape/edge |
sawa/zawa stream |
|
shima/jima island |
shita/shimo lower |
sugi cedar |
ta/da ricefield |
|
take bamboo |
tani valley |
tsuka below |
uchi in |
|
ue/kami upper |
yama mountain |
yoko side |
yone rice |
| Konoe | Takashi | Kujo | Ichijo | Gojo |
| Aburakoji | Anenokoji | Asukai | Daigo | Hirohata | Imaidegawa |
| Inokuma | Jimyoin | Kajuji | Kaoin | Karasuma | Kawashi |
| Konjo | Kuga | Masachika | Matsuki | Minase | Nakayama |
| Nanba | Nomiya | Oimikado | Rakujochigusa | Reizei | Saioji |
| Sanjo | Shigenoi | Shijo | Shimizudani | Tokudaiji | Washio |
| Yamashina |
Bushi or samurai families
| Asai | Askikaga | Chosokabe | Date | Fukushima | Genji |
| Hachisuka | Hattori | Heike | Hojo | Honda | Hosokawa |
| Ishida | Kaga | Kato | Kuki | Kuroda | Maeda |
| Matsudaira | Miyamoto | Mori | Murakami | Oda | Okamoto |
| Okubo | Ooka | Saito | Shibata | Shimazu | Suwa |
| Takeda | Takigawa | Tanuma | Tokugawa | Ukita | Watanabe |
This collection of names was compiled by Kate Monk and is ©1997, Kate Monk.
Copies may be made for personal use only.