as a Last Name
- 5,603
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Sato
Meaning & Origins
Japanese (Satō): with Suzuki, one of the two most common surnames in Japan. The Sato descend from the northern Fujiwara through Fujiwara no Hidesato (10th century), who governed Shimotsuke (now Tochigi) prefecture from a place called Sano, hence Sano no Fujiwara or Satō. Another tradition takes the sa from the title Saemon no jō, an office held by a distinguished descendant of Hidesato's.
| 6,160th in the U.S. for 2011 |
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Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 5,603
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Hawaii
- has the most people named Sato per capita
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