Surname Murakami

Family name Murakami (ムラカミ , Murakami , むらかみ) , worldwide, is a common last name. The surname Murakami is characteristic of Japan, where it is quite a rare surname, Hong Kong, and Brazil. In absolute terms, it is commonest in Brazil, Japan, and the United States. More prevalently, Murakami is the forename as well as the last name.

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Murakami

VARIANT	COUNTRY
ムラカミ	Japan
Murakami	Brazil, United States, Indonesia, Japan, China
Мураками	Russia

Last names said to be same

Mukami, Muragami, Muraoka, Мураока, มุระคะมิ, มูรากามิ, and มูราคามิ

Notable namesakes

	murakami michiyasu samurai of the sengoku period (b. 1519)
	murakami kunikiyo (b. 1546)
	murakami hidetoshi Japanese scholar of Western Learning (b. 1811)
	yasukichi murakami businessman and inventor, JP (b. 1880)
	jimmy murakami Japanese-American animator and director (1933-2014), US (b. 1933)
	kōshō murakami Japanese zen master and physicist (b. 1937)
	kimiko okano murakami CA (b. 1904)
	glen murakami Japanese-American animator (1968-), US (b. 1968)
	takashi murakami (b. 1911)
	gyojin murakami (b. 1911)
	harutsugu murakami (b. 1914)
	les murakami College baseball player and coach, US (b. 1936)
	torami murakami politician (1939-2018) (b. 1939)
	hideo murakami (b. 1933)
	sumio murakami (b. 1937)

Characteristic forenames

Ma, Ei, En, To, Ji, Ju, Jo, Li, Go, Dj, Do, De, Ri, Ho, Kj, Ko, Ka, Bu, Bo, Ao, Aa, Ai, An, So, Ms, Mr, Mo, Ki, and Hi