Cognomen 東 (東 
, Higashi 
, Адзума 
) , worldwide, is quite a common last name. The surname 東 is characteristic of Brazil, where it is a rare surname, Japan, and Singapore. Measured by absolute frequency, this name is the most popular in China, Brazil, and the United States. Much less frequently, 東 is the forename as well as the last name.
| VARIANT | COUNTRY |
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| 東 | China |
| Higashi | China, Japan, Indonesia, Brazil, United States |
| Адзума | Ukraine |
| Тоу | Ukraine, Russia, Kazakhstan |
Aduma, Akira, Azu, Azuma, Dong, Dōng, Sheng, To, Toh, Tong, Tou, Tō, Акира, Акіра, Дунг, אזו, דונג, أكيرا, アキラ, ヒガシ, 东, 东氏, 亞基拉, 亨, 享, 亮, 光, 公, 勝, 叡, 启, 周, 哲, 啓, 啟, 彬良, 彰, 彰良, 徹, 憲, 斌, 旦, 旭, 旻, 昌, 明, 明良, 昔, 昭, 昭良, 昶, 晃, 晄, 晟, 晶, 智, 暁, 朗, 滉, 玲, 璋, 皓, 睿, 秋良, 章, 章良, 粲, 聡, 聰, 藤, 融, 行, 証, 詮, 諦, 證, 輝, 鑑, 陽, 顕, 顯, and 風
| 東直義 Japanese military commander (b. 1550) |
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| 東東洋 JP (b. 1755) |
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東 猛夫 Japanese actor, JP (b. 1878) |
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東龍太郎 Japanese medical scientist and bureaucrat (1893-1983), JP (b. 1893) |
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東愛子 Japanese actor, JP (b. 1899) |
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東 辰三 lyricist in Japan, JP (b. 1900) |
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東武雄 Japanese baseball player (1901-1945), JP (b. 1901) |
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東勇路 actor, JP (b. 1902) |
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東勇作 Japanese choreographer and ballet dancer, JP (b. 1910) |
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| 東 奭五郎 Japanese accounting academic, JP (b. 1865) |
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東龍子 Japanese actress, JP (b. 1917) |
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東恵美子 Japanese actor and seiyū, JP (b. 1924) |
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東 千代之介 Japanese actor, JP (b. 1926) |
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東世津子 Japanese writer, JP (b. 1930) |
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| 東 季彦 Japanese legal scholar, JP (b. 1880) |
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