Last names / T
Japanese Last Names Starting with T
109 Japanese surnames begin with T, from Tabata (็ฐ็) to Tsushima (ๅฏพๅณถ). Most describe a place, such as a field, river or hill. Each links to a page with its kanji, reading and meaning.
The most varied is Tono, and these names average 3.2 syllables.
| Surname | Kanji | Reading | Literal meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tabata | ็ฐ็ | ใใฐใ | rice field + farm |
| Tachibana | ็ซ่ฑ | ใใกใฐใช | stand up + flower |
| Tachikawa | ็ซๅท | ใใกใใ | stand up + stream |
| Tachimori | ๆฅๆ | ใใกใใ | day + month |
| Tada | ็ฐใ | ใใ | rice field |
| Tadano | ๅฟ ้ | ใใ ใฎ | loyalty + plains |
| Tagai | ไบไบ | ใใใ | mutually + well |
| Tagawa | ็ฐๅท | ใใใ | rice field + stream |
| Tago | ็ฐๅพ | ใใ | rice field + behind |
| Taima | ๅคง้ | ใใใพ | large + interval |
| Tainaka | ๅฏพไธญ | ใใใชใ | vis-a-vis + in |
| Taji | ็ฐๅฐ | ใใ | rice field + ground |
| Tajima | ็ฐๅณถ | ใใใพ | rice field + island |
| Takada | ้ซ็ฐ | ใใใ | tall + rice field |
| Takagi | ้ซๆฅ | ใใใ | tall + come |
| Takahashi | ้ซๆฉ | ใใใฏใ | tall + bridge |
| Takahata | ้ซ็ซฏ | ใใใฏใ | tall + edge |
| Takai | ้ซไฝ | ใใใ | tall + rank |
| Takama | ้ซ้ | ใใใพ | tall + interval |
| Takamine | ้ซๅณฐ | ใใใฟใญ | tall + summit |
| Takamura | ้ซๆ | ใใใใ | tall + village |
| Takanashi | ้ซ็ก | ใใใชใ | tall + nothingness |
| Takano | ้ซ้ | ใใใฎ | tall + plains |
| Takanori | ้ซไน | ใใใฎใ | tall + ride |
| Takasaki | ้ซๅ | ใใใใ | tall + before |
| Takashima | ้ซๅณถ | ใใใใพ | tall + island |
| Takata | ็ฐๆน | ใใใ | rice field + direction |
| Takawa | ้ซๅ | ใใใ | tall + harmony |
| Takaya | ้ซๅ ซ | ใใใ | tall + eight |
| Takayama | ้ซๅฑฑ | ใใใใพ | tall + mountain |
| Takebe | ๅปบ้จ | ใใใน | build + section |
| Takechi | ้ซๅธ | ใใใก | tall + market |
| Takeda | ๅปบ็ฐ | ใใใ | build + rice field |
| Takei | ๆ่จ | ใใใ | hand + plot |
| Takemoto | ๆญฆๆฌ | ใใใใจ | warrior + book |
| Takeuchi | ็ซนๅ | ใใใใก | bamboo + inside |
| Taki | ๆป | ใใ | waterfall |
| Tako | ็ฐ้ซ | ใใใ | rice field + tall |
| Takuma | ็ข็ฃจ | ใใใพ | polish + grind |
| Tamiya | ๆฐๅฎถ | ใใฟใ | people + house |
| Tamura | ็ฐๆ | ใใใ | rice field + village |
| Tanabe | ็ฐ้จ | ใใชใน | rice field + section |
| Tanaka | ็ฐไธญ | ใใชใ | rice field + in |
| Tanami | ็ฐๅ | ใใชใฟ | rice field + south |
| Tanbo | ็ฐๆน | ใใใผ | rice field + direction |
| Taniguchi | ่ฐทๅฃ | ใใซใใก | valley + mouth |
| Tano | ็ฐ็ | ใใฎใ | rice field + life |
| Tanpo | ๅๆน | ใใใฝใ | anti- + direction |
| Tarumi | ๅ่ฆ | ใใใฟ | droop + see |
| Tasaki | ็ฐๅ | ใใใ | rice field + before |
| Tashiro | ๅคงไปฃ | ใใใ | large + substitute |
| Tatekawa | ็ซๅท | ใใฆใใ | stand up + stream |
| Tatemoto | ็ซๆฌ | ใใฆใใจ | stand up + book |
| Tateno | ็ซ้ | ใใฆใฎ | stand up + plains |
| Tatsui | ็ซไบ | ใใคใ | stand up + well |
| Tatsukawa | ็ซๅท | ใใคใใ | stand up + stream |
| Tatsumiya | ้ๅฎฎ | ใใคใฟใ | accomplished + Shinto shrine |
| Tatsumoto | ็ซๆฌ | ใใคใใจ | stand up + book |
| Tatsuno | ็ซ้ | ใใคใฎ | stand up + plains |
| Tatsuo | ็ซๅฐพ | ใใคใ | dragon + tail |
| Tatsuta | ็ซ็ฐ | ใใคใ | stand up + rice field |
| Tatsuya | ็ซ่ฐท | ใใคใ | stand up + valley |
| Tatsuzawa | ็ซๆฒข | ใใคใใ | stand up + swamp |
| Teshigawara | ๅ ไฝฟ็ฆ | ใฆใใใใ | imperial order + use + tile |
| Toba | ็ตฑๅ ด | ใจใใฐ | overall + location |
| Tobe | ๆฑ้จ | ใจใใน | east + section |
| Tochi | ๅ้จ | ใจใใก | ten + section |
| Toda | ๆธ็ฐ | ใจใ | door + rice field |
| Todo | ่คๅ | ใจใใฉใ | wisteria + public chamber |
| Toga | ๅ้ | ใจใ | change + interval |
| Togari | ๆธๅ | ใจใใ | door + borrow |
| Togawa | ๆธๅท | ใจใใ | door + stream |
| Togi | ๆฑๅ | ใจใใ | east + ceremony |
| Togo | ๆฑ้ท | ใจใใใ | east + home town |
| Toguchi | ๆฑๅฃ | ใจใใใก | east + mouth |
| Tohara | ๆฑๅ | ใจใใฏใ | east + meadow |
| Toi | ๆฑ้ข | ใจใ | east + Inst. |
| Tojima | ๆฑๅณถ | ใจใใใพ | east + island |
| Tojo | ๆฑ็ | ใจใใใใ | east + life |
| Tokawa | ๅๅท | ใจใใใ | ten + stream |
| Tokio | ๆๅฐพ | ใจใใ | time + tail |
| Tokita | ๆ็ฐ | ใจใใ | time + rice field |
| Tokura | ๅพๆฅฝ | ใจใใ | gain + music |
| Tomatsu | ๅๆพ | ใจใพใค | ten + pine tree |
| Tomoki | ๆ็ | ใจใใ | morning + life |
| Tomori | ไพๅฉ | ใจใใ | submit + profit |
| Tomoto | ๆฑๆฌ | ใจใใใจ | east + book |
| Tomura | ๅๆ | ใจใใ | ten + village |
| Tonaka | ๅไธญ | ใจใชใ | ten + in |
| Tono | ้ ้ | ใจใใฎ | distant + plains |
| Tonochi | ๅคๅ | ใจใฎใใก | outside + inside |
| Torii | ๅไบ | ใจใใ | take + well |
| Tosa | ๅไธ | ใจใ | ten + three |
| Tosaka | ๆฑ้ช | ใจใใใ | east + heights |
| Tosaki | ๅคๅด | ใจใใ | outside + promontory |
| Tose | ๆธๅข | ใจใ | door + forces |
| Toshida | ๅนด็ฐ | ใจใใ | year + rice field |
| Toshima | ่ฑๅณถ | ใจใใพ | bountiful + island |
| Toya | ๆฑๅฎถ | ใจใใ | east + house |
| Toyama | ๅคๅฑฑ | ใจใใพ | outside + mountain |
| Tozaki | ๆๅด | ใจใใ | time + promontory |
| Tozawa | ๆฑๆฒข | ใจใใใ | east + swamp |
| Tsuchiya | ๅ้ | ใคใกใ | soil + plains |
| Tsugumi | ๆดฅ็ต | ใคใใฟ | haven + association |
| Tsuji | ้ฝๅฐ | ใคใ | metropolis + ground |
| Tsukuda | ไฝ็ฐ | ใคใใ | make + rice field |
| Tsukui | ๅบไบ | ใคใใ | exit + well |
| Tsuno | ้้ | ใคใใฎ | traffic + plains |
| Tsushima | ๅฏพๅณถ | ใคใใพ | vis-a-vis + island |
Kanji most used in T surnames
These characters appear most often in the surnames above.
| Kanji | Meaning | Readings | Strokes | Seen in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ็ฐ | rice field, rice paddy (taught in grade 1) | ใใณใใ | 5 | Koda, Kida, Toda |
| ้ซ | tall, high, expensive (taught in grade 2) | ใณใฆใใใใใ ใ | 10 | Kojiro, Koki, Kosaburo |
| ็ซ | stand up, rise, set up (taught in grade 1) | ใชใใใชใฅใฆใใชใใใซใใ | 5 | Ibuki, Tatsumi, Ryuji |
| ๆฑ | east (taught in grade 2) | ใใฆใใฒใใ | 8 | Harumi, Toko, Toru |
| ้ | plains, field, rustic (taught in grade 2) | ใคใใทใงใใฎ | 11 | Akino, Aya, Noa |
| ๅท | stream, river, river or three-stroke river radical (taught in grade 1) | ใปใณใใใ | 3 | Togawa, Hikawa, Okawa |
Questions
What is the most common Japanese surname starting with T?
Tono (้ ้) can be written in the most ways of the T surnames here. It means: distant + plains.
How long are Japanese surnames starting with T?
They average 3.2 syllables.
What do surnames starting with T usually mean?
Most describe a place, such as a field, river, hill or village. The table lists the literal meaning of each.