Nakamoto
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Nakamoto
Frequency: (488)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Japanese: ‘central origin’ or ‘(one who lives) in the middle’; found mostly in the Ryūkyū islands.
GIVEN NAMES: Japanese 36%. Kenji (3), Kazuo (2), Minoru (2), Naoko (2), Ryoko (2), Shigeru (2), Tetsuo (2), Asako, Atsushi, Chiyo, Eiji, Goro.
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Mentioned in
The Children of Stone
(Rock Band, '60s)
Winter Blue
(1992 Album by Derek Nakamoto/Matsui & Friends)
Rising Sun
(1993 Mystery Film)
Fisticuffs Bluff
(Rock Band, '90s)
Wind
(1995 Album by Kazu Matsui)
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