Friday, April 17, 2009

Ogawa is a Common Last Name in Japan

According to Wikipedia and a study done on all the Japanese Yellow Pages for the past three years, my last name "Ogawa" is the 31st most common surname or last name in Japan. The top ten are:

  • Sato
  • Suzuki
  • Takahashi
  • Tanaka
  • Watanabe
  • Ito
  • Yamamoto
  • Nakamura
  • Kobayashi
  • obayashi
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most_common_surnames

BTW, the 31st most popular last name in the United States is Young based on the 2000 U.S. Census. Here is the top ten last names in the United States.
Smith
  • Johnson
  • Williams
  • Brown
  • Jones
  • Miller
  • Davis
  • Garcia
  • Rodriguez
  • Wilson

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most_common_surnames#United_States

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