Family name 若林 (Akiko 
, 若林 , Wakabayashi ) , in all the world, is quite a common last name. The surname 若林 is habitual in Eastern Asia, particularly Japan, where it is quite a rare surname, Taiwan, and Hong Kong, where it is a rare surname. In absolute terms, this name is the most popular in Japan, China, and Indonesia. More prevalently, 若林 is the forename as well as the last name.
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| Akiko | China, Brazil, Indonesia, United States, Japan |
| 若林 | China |
| Wakabayashi | Brazil, Indonesia, United States, Japan, China |
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若林健太 Japanese politician, JP (b. 1964) |
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| 若林正人 JP (b. 1938) |
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| 若林憲一 Japanese baseball player, JP (b. 1953) |
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| 若林秀樹 Japanese politician, JP (b. 1954) |
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| 若林仁 Japanese baseball player, JP (b. 1956) |
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| 若林幹夫 JP (b. 1962) |
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| 若林直美 Japanese actress and voice actress, JP (b. 1975) |
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| 若林理紗 Japanese announcer, JP (b. 1987) |
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