Do the surnames in Naruto really exist in reality? For example, Uzumaki or something?

According to the official translation: Naruto's surname is "Uzumaki", which is quite common~ (In fact, the translation of "Naruto" seems to be different, and another formulation is called "Naruto". "Gate", there is a place in Japan called "Naruto", there is a big river there, and there are large whirlpools in the river all year round. Maybe this is the origin of Naruto's name). Orochimaru's surname has not been mentioned. Some people infer that his surname is "Iori" from his use of the Kusanagi sword and the name "Orochi"... However, this is pure speculation without any solid evidence.

As for the requirement to search for all surnames in Japan, it is impossible to meet the requirement. The author will understand why after reading the article I quoted below.

Quote: An examination of the origin of Japanese surnames

Japanese surname types:

(1) Place name types are everywhere, so I won’t explain them.

(2) The surname type is closely related to the ancient "surname".

For example: Soga, Mononobe, Fujiwara.

(3) Object type: surnames related to animals, plants, utensils, buildings and other objects.

For example: Nanmu, Ji (meaning table), Tsujitang, Ta (meaning shoes).

(4) Job name type: Surnames related to occupation, service, official position, etc.

For example: Mu (the last of the four-rank officials of Shoujiebumu), Weimen, and Blacksmith.

(5) Prenominal (meaning of name) type: a surname developed from a given name.

For example: Yuannai, Wei Zhen and Erlang.

(6) Abbreviated surname: a surname that is abbreviated from the original surname.

For example: Zong (Wei Zong), Zhui (Zhui Tian), Wu (Objects Department. You see, the surname "Wu" has at least two attributes).

(7) When it comes to fonts, I don’t know very well. It seems that the original surname only has the pronunciation, and the Chinese characters were made up haphazardly later.

Such as: Chi Carp, Immortal Plain, News.

(8) Good font: directly use auspicious words as the surname.

For example: Baomu, Zenman, turtle dragon (by the way, the Japanese concept of turtles is different from the current Chinese people).

(9) The surname that was born by changing the pronunciation and changing characters (similar to the use of Tongjia characters).

For example: Ruolu わかたび (the transferred character and pronounced pronunciation of Ruotabe わかたべ), Cotton Valley (the transferred word for Cotton House).

(10) Disappeared surnames are weird surnames that have now disappeared.

For example: Sakyamuni Buddha, Words Tongjuan, Sex Demon (how about it, Japanese surnames are weird, right? Even stranger ones are to come).

(11) Faith-related surnames.

For example: adjusting the moon, the stars, and the way of heaven (the above three disappearing surnames also seem to be faith-based).

(12) Ancient type: A surname that is closely related to ancient surnames.

For example: Takeuchi, Lord, Eda.

(13) Foreign surnames are surnames introduced into Japan from foreign countries, or surnames that have deep relations with foreign countries.

For example: Goryeo, Qin, and Zou.

(14) Okinawa type: A surname that has a close relationship with Okinawa.

For example: Yonabahara, Shangjiangzhou, Dongfengping.

(15) Given surname type: a surname derived from a given surname.

For example: Orange, Rume, Japan, Toyotomi.

(16) Combined surname is a surname derived from the combination of two characters in the original surname.

For example: Maru (Maru), Xiaochai (small wood).

(17) Business-related surnames.

For example: fish house (meaning fish shop), 酢谷 (meaning vinegar shop, "谷" is the homophone of "house", the same below), silk valley.

(18) Royal type: surnames related to the royal family, royal family, palace family, etc.

For example: there are Qichuan, Dahou and Xianyuan.

(19) Personal name type: a surname developed from a general personal name.

For example: Min, slave, Saotome.

(20) Ainu type: A surname related to the Ainu minority in Japan, or a surname developed from the Ainu language.

For example: Obiru Maki, Kindaichi (haha, this is unexpected, right?), Ishikari.

(21) Gongjia type: A surname related to Gongjia and developed from titles.

For example: Jiutiao, Hefin, Gongqing, Juting.

(22) Compound surname type means a surname that is different from the Chinese compound surname. It refers to a surname born from the merger of two surnames.

For example: Nagasogabe, Takeda Kawabe, and Futa Saito.

(23) The tribe type is a surname developed from the ancient occupational tribe, Mingdai tribe, Zidai tribe and other tribesmen.

For example: Zhubu, Hattori, Renkaibu.

(24) かばね type This is a bit difficult to explain. かばね is a name for some ancient surnames. You may understand it after seeing the examples.

For example: Zhi, Lian, Chen.

(25) Ezo type A surname related to Ezo.

For example: prisoner, barbarian, barbarian, barbarian prisoner, and Ezo (all used by the Yamato court to insult Ezo. I wonder who would use such a surname? It may have disappeared now).

(26) Buddhist surname is a surname that is closely related to Buddhism.

For example: Big Buddha, Buddha, Shariputra.

(27) Shinto type: A surname that is closely related to shrines and Shinto.

For example: three wheels, gods, gods of good fortune.

(28) Event type Surnames related to events, accidents, causes, etc.

For example: Chestnut flowers fall, the moon comes to the mountain, and one enters.

(29) Stage name type: a surname developed from a nickname, stage name, pen name, alias, etc.

For example: Xingruo, Jinchengzhai, Shanami.

(30) Honorific type: a surname developed from honorific.

For example: Qing, Wang, Dian.

(31) House number type: a surname developed from the house number.

For example: Takinoya, Masudaya, Kakutani (the changed surname of Kakuya).

(32) Ethnic name type: a surname developed from an ethnic name.

For example: Hayato, Earth Spider, Bear Raid.

(33) Unspecified surname with unknown origin.

The last ethnic group with the most surnames in the world is the Japanese. According to the "Japanese Name Dictionary" published by The Commercial Press in 1981, there were approximately 70,000 surnames in Japan at that time, and new surnames appeared every day. It is estimated that by the middle of the 21st century, the number of Japanese surnames will exceed 150,000. 150,000 surnames! More than the population of some small countries. There are more than a billion people in China, but there are only a few hundred surnames. This shows how complicated Japanese surnames are.

Why do Japanese people have so many surnames?

One hundred and twenty years ago, specifically before the eighth year of Meiji (1875) in Japan, the Japanese did not have their own names as they do now. At that time, except for the privileged classes such as nobles, warriors, and doctors, farmers, businessmen, and ordinary entertainers only had first names but no surnames. Surnames were the privilege of a few people at that time. The famous Toyotomi Hideyoshi in Japanese history only had the name Toyoshiro but no surname before he became a samurai. After becoming a samurai, he only had the surname Kinoshita.

In the eighth year of the Meiji era, Japan announced the "Order of Must-Name Miao Characters", which required everyone to have their own surname. Immediately, there was an upsurge in taking surnames throughout Japan, because the population at that time had grown to a considerable amount. There are many people, and everyone wants to have a unique surname, so the number of surnames in Japan has increased significantly and there are many types.

There is another reason for the increase in surnames. The Japanese do not use the same patronymic surname for generations like the Chinese and Koreans who also use Chinese characters. The Japanese do not use the patronymic surname. occupies a considerable proportion, and the result is of course that the number of surnames continues to increase.

Japanese people not only have a large number of surnames, but their pronunciation and writing of Chinese characters are also quite complicated. Surnames with the same pronunciation can be written in several or even more than a dozen ways, and the same Chinese characters are also There are several pronunciations.

For example: ささき can be read as the following surnames - Sasaki, Sazen, Sasaki, Sasaki, Sasaki, Ling, Que, etc.

Japanese people with the surname ごとぅ can be written in the following Chinese characters: Goto, Goto, Wuto, Wuto, Wutong, Eto, Udo, Goto, Goshima, etc. .

Japanese surnames are like this. They are so complicated that Japanese people don’t know how to pronounce some names written in Chinese characters when they see them, and they don’t know how to write Chinese characters when they hear names. No wonder a survey shows that Japanese people exchange as many as 40 million business cards a day, which means that 231 groups of people exchange business cards every second. In Japan, it is very rude to call someone by the wrong name. Therefore, in order to prevent the other party from mispronunciating and writing their own names, most Japanese people indicate the Japanese pronunciation next to their names written in Chinese characters.

The most common surname among Japanese people is "Sato"

It is said that whether in a school classroom or in a small company, if someone goes to find someone named "Sato", most of them will You will see several "Sato" coming out together. There is a joke that if you throw a grenade into a crowded crowd during rush hour in Japan and kill ten people, nine of them will be named Sato.

According to a survey by a Japanese organization, the top ten most commonly used surnames are:

One, Sato (?.?). Second, Suzuki (Honami. Actor). Three, Takahashi (Rumiko. Cartoonist). Four, Ito (?.?). Five, Watanabe (Junichi. Writer). Six, Saito (Ryuichi. Unknown creature in the backyard). Seven, Tanaka (Yangshu. Writer). Eight, Xiaolin (Guangyi. Go player). Nine, Sasaki (Kotaro. Swordsman). 10. Yamamoto (56. First-class war criminal). (The brackets are Japanese characters and professions that everyone is familiar with. The question mark means that my level is limited and I can’t think of a more suitable person at the moment.)

You must have found that among the top ten surnames, those with the word "vine" That's three. Japanese surnames with the character "Fuji" include "Kato", "Kudo", "Goto", "Shindo", "Naito", etc. Why are there so many surnames with the character "Fuji"?

It is said that 1,500 years ago, there was a family named "Fujiwara" in Japan. This family had great snobbery for a long time, so many families wanted to be as prosperous as the Fujiwara family. Never fade.

In the eighth year of Meiji, people who had no surnames in their lives also wanted to have some auspicious flavor of the word "Fuji" when choosing their own surnames, so "Fujita", "Fujimoto", "Fujii", "Fujiyama", "Fujikawa", "Fuji", "Fuji Tengna! (joke)" and other surnames were born. From here we can also see one of the ways of thinking of Japanese people when they first chose their surnames.

Based on the above inference, in fact, the author can create a Japanese surname by just taking a few common Chinese characters and putting them together~