Japanese last names ending in -o

The kanji 尾 means tail, foot of a slope. Like most Japanese surnames, names ending in it describe where a family lived. Nagao (長尾) is 長 long + 尾 tail; Nishio (西尾) is 西 west + 尾 tail; Yokō (横尾) is 横 side + 尾 tail.

The list is ordered by how many notable people on Wikidata share each surname, so the most familiar names come first. Surnames from Japan's 100 most common are linked to their own pages.