Satō

Japanese family name (佐藤)

Namefamily name Japanese family nameQ978692

Also known as Satou · Sato · Satoh

Instance of: family name
, Japanese family name
Part of: 佐藤
, Satō

Overview

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Satō is the most common Japanese surname with 2 million people having the surname, representing about 1.5% of Japan's population in March 2023. It is often romanized as Sato, Satou or Satoh.

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19 statements · 5% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations

Script: kanji
Language: Japanese
Transliteration or transcription: Сатоу language: Russian · script: Cyrillic script
Said to be the same as: Sato criterion used: kanji
Sadō criterion used: kanji
Safuji criterion used: kanji
Saitō criterion used: kanji
Sotō criterion used: kanji
Native label: 佐藤 name in kana: さとう · revised hepburn romanization: Satō
Different from: 佐藤 criterion used: family name has to use a different item than disambiguation page
Satō criterion used: family name has to use a different item than disambiguation page
Satow criterion used: family name has to use a different item than disambiguation page

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3 identifiers linking Satō across the web's reference databases

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AIDb. (2026). Satō (Q978692). Retrieved from https://aidb.si/e/sato-Q978692