According to 2023 statistics, 1.529% of Japanese people have the surname Sato, which is considered the most common in the country. At the same time, the share of the Japanese population with this surname increased by 1.0083 times from 2022 to 2023. If this pace continues, then by 2531 there will be only one surname left in the country.
Why will all Japanese have the same surname?
With this study, the Japanese professor wanted to point out the main flaw in the civil code dating back to the late 1800s. It states that the husband and wife are required to bear the same surname following marriage – in 95% of cases it is the wife who changes the surname. The exception is international marriages – then the spouses can independently decide what surname each of them will bear.
The professor emphasized that his predictions were based only on some assumptions, but the overall idea of the study was to use numbers to draw attention to a serious problem. In addition, Yoshida made a prediction regarding what the situation in the country would be like if the basics of family law were to change: in this scenario, in 500 years, only 7.96% would bear the surname Sato. The author of the work also came to the conclusion that in this case the diversity of Japanese surnames will remain until the population ceases to exist.
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2024-04-03 14:06:50