Is there a list of popular surnames organised by region/prefecture?

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I've seen a lot of 'Top 100 Japanese surnames' sorts of lists, but obviously some names are much more popular in some regions than others. Is there a resource (preferably in Japanese!) that would take this into account?

score 6 · Answer 1 · edited Oct 22 '11 at 02:51

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都道{とどう}府県{ふけん}別{べつ}名字{みょうじ}ランキング - a top 20 surname list of each prefecture published by Hiroshi Morioka, a Japanese surname researcher
同姓{どうせい}同名{どうめい}辞典{じてん} - huge rankings of Japanese names generated from telephone directories

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answered Oct 19 '11 at 05:47

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score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 19 '11 at 05:07

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A telephone directory of that region will give a good approximation.

answered Oct 19 '11 at 05:07

Is there a list of popular surnames organised by region/prefecture?

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