Kumamoto Prefecture Genealogical Records

Kumamoto Prefecture Birth & Baptism Records

Miscellaneous Births & Baptisms Index (1534-1983)

A small index to several-hundred-thousand records from select countries.

Kumamoto Prefecture Marriage & Divorce Records

Miscellaneous Marriage Index (1662-1945)

An index to more than 30,000 marriage records, including personal details, names of relations and particulars of marriage.

Kumamoto Prefecture Death & Burial Records

Jewish Online Worldwide Burial Registry (1550-Present)

A searchable database of over 1 million Jewish burials with photographs of the matzevot.

Newspapers Covering Kumamoto Prefecture

Newspaper Archive: Japan (1920-1999)

Text-searchable copies of millions of Japanese newspaper articles.

Name Card Index to AP Stories (1905-1990)

An index to over 2.1 million people mentioned in Associated Press stories, including name, subject, location, date and a reference to the article.

Subject Card Index to AP Stories (1937-1985)

An index to around 500,000 Associated Press articles.

AP Stories & Newsfeatures (1937-1985)

An index to and digital images of hundreds-of-thousands of world newspaper articles.

Kumamoto Prefecture Immigration & Travel Records

Japan Passenger Lists (1893-1941)

An index to and images of passenger lists and emigration records. They list name, address, date of birth, destination and more.

Kumamoto Prefecture Military Records

Japanese Marines Tried by The US (1941-1945)

Legal case files relating to crimes committed during World War II by Japanese sailors, prosecuted under US military law.

Japanese Air Target Analyses (1942-1945)

Contemporary analyses of the Allied bombing strategy in aerial attacks on Japanese targets during World War II. Tactical mission reports, aircraft action reports, tabulations of attack and bombing data, and photo intelligence reports detail effects on the Japanese infrastructure, including the petroleum, shipping, armament, and transportation industries. Hundreds of aerial photographs and many maps are included.

Japanese Soldiers Tried by The US (1941-1945)

Legal case files relating to crimes committed during World War II by Japanese soldiers, prosecuted under US military law.

Japan WWII Photos (1940-1945)

A small collection of photographs depicting life and war in Japan during World War II.

Japanese Marines Tried by The US (1941-1945)

Legal case files relating to crimes committed during World War II by Japanese sailors, prosecuted under US military law.

Japanese Soldiers Tried by The US (1941-1945)

Legal case files relating to crimes committed during World War II by Japanese soldiers, prosecuted under US military law.

Kumamoto Prefecture Directories & Gazetteers

CIA World Factbook (1994)

A statistic and descriptive gazetteer of nations.

Medical Directory (1915)

Contains a gazetteer of places, a directory of doctors, lists of institutions, regulations, obituaries and more.

Loxton's Medical Directory (1911)

Contains a gazetteer of places, a directory of doctors, lists of institutions, regulations, obituaries and more.

World Foreign Gazetteer (1998)

Useful for locating places, this searchable gazetteer gives brief details, latitude and longitude for more than 1.5 million features, places and regions throughout the world.

Kumamoto Prefecture Cemeteries

Billion Graves (1200-Present)

Photographs and transcriptions of millions of gravestones from cemeteries around the world.

Kumamoto Prefecture Obituaries

Medical Directory (1915)

Contains a gazetteer of places, a directory of doctors, lists of institutions, regulations, obituaries and more.

Loxton's Medical Directory (1911)

Contains a gazetteer of places, a directory of doctors, lists of institutions, regulations, obituaries and more.

Kumamoto Prefecture Histories & Books

Ancestry Member Stories (6000 BC-Present)

Over 7 million remembrances and historic details submitted by Ancestry members. Useful for local historians.

Ancestry Member Photos & Documents (6000 BC-Present)

Over 60 million historic photographs and documents submitted to Ancestry. This rich collection contains many rare sources of interest to local historians and will be relevant to most genealogical research.

Japan WWII Photos (1940-1945)

A small collection of photographs depicting life and war in Japan during World War II.

Kumamoto Prefecture Occupation & Business Records

Medical Directory (1915)

Contains a gazetteer of places, a directory of doctors, lists of institutions, regulations, obituaries and more.

Loxton's Medical Directory (1911)

Contains a gazetteer of places, a directory of doctors, lists of institutions, regulations, obituaries and more.

Crockford's Clerical Directory (1929)

A directory listing Anglican parishes and other divisions of the Church or England hierarchy and their various religious officers. The directory covers the UK and Anglican churches throughout the world.

Cricket Archive (1844-Present)

A database of cricket scores and players.

Pedigrees & Family Trees Covering Kumamoto Prefecture

FamilySearch Community Trees (6000 BC-Present)

A searchable database of linked genealogies compiled from thousands of reputable and not-so-reputable sources. Contains many details on European gentry & nobility, but covers many countries outside Europe and people from all walks of life.

Ancestry Member Family Trees (6000 BC-Present)

A compilation of lineage-linked family trees submitted by Ancestry users. The database contains over 2 billion individuals and is searchable by numerous metrics.

Genealogics (1400 BC-Present)

A searchable database of linked families. It largely covers royalty and nobility, but also contains actors, footballers and American presidents.

Ancestry World Tree (6000 BC-1997)

A collection of legacy trees submitted by Ancestry users containing nearly 400 million individuals.

Kumamoto Prefecture Royalty, Nobility & Heraldry Records

FamilySearch Community Trees (6000 BC-Present)

A searchable database of linked genealogies compiled from thousands of reputable and not-so-reputable sources. Contains many details on European gentry & nobility, but covers many countries outside Europe and people from all walks of life.

Genealogics (1400 BC-Present)

A searchable database of linked families. It largely covers royalty and nobility, but also contains actors, footballers and American presidents.

Kumamoto Prefecture Church Records

Crockford's Clerical Directory (1929)

A directory listing Anglican parishes and other divisions of the Church or England hierarchy and their various religious officers. The directory covers the UK and Anglican churches throughout the world.

Kumamoto Prefecture Maps

Old Maps Online (1497-2010)

An interactive index to thousands of maps covering the world, continents, countries and regions. The majority of maps cover Britain and Ireland.

Japanese Air Target Analyses (1942-1945)

Contemporary analyses of the Allied bombing strategy in aerial attacks on Japanese targets during World War II. Tactical mission reports, aircraft action reports, tabulations of attack and bombing data, and photo intelligence reports detail effects on the Japanese infrastructure, including the petroleum, shipping, armament, and transportation industries. Hundreds of aerial photographs and many maps are included.

Most Common Surnames in Kumamoto Prefecture

RankSurnameIncidenceFrequencyPercent of ParentRank in Japan
1Nakamura23,9511:752.13%8
2Tanaka23,8751:751.69%3
3Matsumoto19,9041:902.91%15
4Sakamoto16,8741:1064.14%32
5Murakami16,4791:1094.43%40
6Yamamoto15,3441:1171.36%7
7Ogata15,0561:11913.59%212
8Yamashita14,9501:1203.41%29
9Watanabe14,1731:1261.04%4
10Honda13,9611:1285.99%73
11Maeda13,8851:1293.46%34
12Yoshida13,2791:1351.53%12
13Sato13,0731:1370.67%1
14Ueda12,3961:1453.53%43
15Miyamoto11,4021:1574.67%72
16Yamaguchi10,9611:1641.63%16
17Ikeda10,4841:1712.24%26
18Inoue10,2431:1751.58%17
19Hashimoto10,0311:1792.12%25
20Fujimoto9,5611:1874.37%83
20Fukuda9,5611:1872.95%50
22Miyazaki9,5191:1884.20%76
23Kimura9,4431:1901.57%18
24Nakajima9,2781:1931.84%24
25Nishimura9,1781:1952.85%52
26Taue8,9781:20021.73%524
27Goto8,8491:2032.19%33
28Mori8,8131:2031.69%23
29Uemura8,7901:2046.36%166
30Yamada8,6071:2081.02%13
31Araki8,4901:2115.96%159
32Sakai8,2371:2182.14%39
33Higashi7,8071:2304.98%136
34Nakagawa7,6951:2332.43%54
35Matsunaga7,5011:2396.88%218
36Hayashida7,2371:24814.52%440
37Sakata7,1661:2506.69%224
38Nakayama6,8841:2602.39%62
39Ueno6,7011:2672.99%78
40Nagata6,6951:2685.13%174
41Koga6,6481:2705.37%186
42Matsuoka6,5541:2734.43%152
43Kai6,4421:2789.02%327
44Fukushima6,2541:2873.62%118
45Sonoda6,2361:28711.61%419
46Harada5,9421:3021.97%57
47Matsuda5,8831:3051.96%58
48Ito5,8541:3060.47%6
49Sakaguchi5,7071:3144.62%188
50Hayashi5,6541:3170.99%20
51Uchida5,5601:3222.18%69
52Hamada5,4481:3293.29%127
53Iwamoto5,4361:3304.03%171
53Takagi5,4361:3302.39%75
55Saito5,4191:3310.52%10
56Shimada5,3541:3352.18%70
57Imamura5,3361:3365.21%237
58Matsumura5,3131:3374.10%175
58Noda5,3131:3373.77%162
60Masuda5,1831:3462.00%66
61Otsuka5,1661:3472.44%89
62Kinoshita5,1071:3512.57%98
63Iwasaki5,1011:3512.79%113
64Kawakami5,0831:3533.05%125
65Koyama5,0481:3552.22%74
66Morita5,0191:3571.72%60
67Nishida4,9421:3632.89%120
68Noguchi4,8011:3732.29%90
69Yoshimura4,7891:3743.09%144
70Tokunaga4,7661:3767.32%362
71Sugimoto4,6951:3822.43%103
72Matsushita4,6771:3833.28%158
73Kiyota4,6541:38518.69%826
74Iwashita4,6481:38612.21%564
75Yamazaki4,5181:3971.00%27
76Nishi4,5011:3984.71%247
77Matsuo4,3831:4092.29%105
78Taniguchi4,3771:4101.93%77
79Kobayashi4,2651:4200.40%9
80Murata4,1421:4331.92%86
81Kawaguchi4,0241:4452.24%116
81Tashiro4,0241:4454.81%280
83Okamoto4,0071:4471.26%53
83Shimoda4,0071:4476.42%371
85Hirata3,9601:4532.48%133
86Tajiri3,9541:45319.62%963
87Shimizu3,9181:4570.68%19
88Nagano3,8951:4603.87%239
88Tomita3,8951:4602.49%139
90Hirano3,8361:4671.81%88
91Nishiyama3,8181:4692.96%178
92Shiraishi3,7591:4773.63%234
93Nakano3,7481:4781.13%48
94Takeshita3,7361:4806.32%389
95Sasaki3,7181:4820.53%14
96Takahashi3,6951:4850.28%5
97Eto3,6181:4957.25%437
98Kudo3,5711:5021.63%81
99Takada3,5651:5031.82%99
100Ogawa3,4831:5150.81%30
100Taguchi3,4831:5152.27%146
102Kojima3,4711:5161.18%59
103Kono3,4541:5191.59%85
104Yamauchi3,3951:5281.99%122
105Maruyama3,3831:5301.54%80
106Fujita3,3591:5340.86%37
107Ono3,3181:5400.63%22
108Kaneko3,3061:5421.02%51
109Tsuruta3,3011:5437.09%473
110Nasu3,2891:5458.52%554
111Nakahara3,2711:5484.21%303
112Kubota3,2421:5531.52%87
113Yoshikawa3,2301:5551.77%112
114Miyata3,2241:5562.70%194
115Yoshimoto3,2121:5584.81%349
116Yoshinaga3,1891:5628.00%538
117Kuwahara3,0951:5793.01%236
118Tsukamoto3,0771:5833.23%249
119Furukawa3,0591:5861.62%108
119Moriyama3,0591:5863.65%279
119Nakao3,0591:5862.88%228
122Hyugawa3,0241:5935.47%413
123Hirayama3,0181:5942.83%227
123Okumura3,0181:5942.74%214
125Ota3,0121:5950.82%41
126Shiba2,9831:6016.62%491
127Katayama2,9531:6072.39%187
128Nishikawa2,9241:6131.72%123
129Nakata2,9181:6141.57%110
130Akahoshi2,9121:61635.53%1,910
130Tominaga2,9121:6164.31%341
132Yonemura2,9061:61722.21%1,338
133Fukuyama2,8421:6317.20%544
134Okada2,8241:6350.71%35
135Hamazaki2,7831:6447.38%572
136Kato2,7361:6550.29%11
137Baba2,6891:6671.82%153
137Miyagawa2,6891:6673.06%270
139Oda2,6711:6711.66%130
139Ozaki2,6711:6711.95%167
141Urata2,6591:67410.00%771
142Umeda2,6181:6853.87%342
143Ishihara2,6061:6881.76%151
144Fuchigami2,6001:68915.21%1,100
145Eguchi2,5531:7023.16%291
146Wada2,4951:7180.90%64
147Teramoto2,4711:7256.66%578
147Ushijima2,4711:72512.91%1,008
149Kuroda2,4591:7291.85%172
149Takano2,4591:7291.45%124
151Kuroki2,4421:7343.61%343
152Miyahara2,4001:7474.44%417
153Morimoto2,3771:7541.49%134
154Sawada2,3651:7581.51%141
154Udo2,3651:75834.45%2,147
156Fujii2,3471:7640.72%49
157Hara2,3241:7710.90%67
158Shibata2,3121:7750.86%65
158Yoshioka2,3121:7751.60%156
160Nishimoto2,3001:7793.65%367
161Takemoto2,2951:7813.25%329
162Izumi2,2891:7832.16%229
163Hirai2,2831:7851.78%180
163Ide2,2831:7853.05%314
163Okamura2,2831:7852.35%244
166Yano2,2711:7891.57%157
167Morikawa2,2651:7912.76%285
167Nonaka2,2651:7913.36%344
169Fukunaga2,2471:7984.50%436
170Ishida2,2301:8040.80%63
171Furusho2,2241:80625.47%1,819
172Aoki2,2181:8080.65%46
173Hori2,2061:8131.68%173
173Kawasaki2,2061:8131.41%138
173Tsutsumi2,2061:8132.88%310
176Yoneda2,1951:8173.03%320
177Matsuzaki2,1771:8232.83%309
178Hashiguchi2,1651:8286.34%626
179Tajima2,1421:8371.89%205
180Iwanaga2,1241:8447.27%713
180Miura2,1241:8440.69%56
182Kawamoto2,1061:8512.21%250
183Murayama2,1001:8542.23%254
184Kubo2,0771:8631.03%96
185Hirose2,0471:8761.38%150
186Minoda2,0421:87840.77%2,658
186Morishita2,0421:8782.23%262
188Tsunoda2,0001:8962.08%246
189Inada1,9771:9073.88%427
189Yamanaka1,9771:9071.29%145
191Okubo1,9591:9151.31%149
192Fujiwara1,9421:9230.62%55
192Hotta1,9421:9232.71%325
192Onizuka1,9421:92315.21%1,368
195Tanigawa1,9361:9263.40%405
196Furuta1,9301:9292.90%354
197Saruwatari1,9241:93214.25%1,314
198Nishioka1,9181:9352.75%333
199Matsubara1,8891:9491.72%216
200Nagai1,8831:9520.99%107