Definitions for watanabe
watan·abe

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1. Watanabe

   Watanabe (渡辺, "ferryside") is the fifth most common Japanese surname.The first to be named Watanabe were the samurai clan founded by Watanabe no Tsuna (953-1025), whose father was Minamoto no Mitsuru, a great-grandson of Minamoto no Tōru (822-895), a son of the Emperor Saga (786-842). Tsuna established the Watanabe branch of the Saga Genji clan, taking the family name from his residence at Watanabe, a port on the Yodo river in Settsu Province. He was companion in arms to Minamoto no Yorimitsu (944–1021), and famous for his military exploits in a number of tales and legends. Dominating Settsu Province as a focal area of maritime transportation in medieval Japan, the Watanabe family spread its influence widely. Their descendants settled in other areas, including Kyushu. Besides the mainstream of Watanabe, the Matsuura in Hizen Province, later daimyō of Hirado Domain, were the most famous and flourished branch. Several samurai clans claimed a genealogical relation to the above Watanabe family. They included Watanabe of Hakata and Watanabe of Ōmura. The Watanabe of Hakata were daimyō of Hakata Domain (Izumi Province) until the Meiji Restoration (1868). The Watanabe clan of Ōmura (Hizen Province) and the Watanabe clan of the Suwa (Shinano Province) were also ranked among the Peers after 1868. During the Hōgen rebellion (1156), and the Genpei War (1180-1185), the Watanabe sided with Minamoto no Yorimasa (1106-1180), then with Minamoto no Yoritomo (1147-1199). In 1185, they sent ships and mounted warriors to support the Minamoto cause. The priest Mongaku Shōnin who urged Yoritomo to start a war against the Taira clan, and who managed to get a letter from the Emperor Go-Shirakawa (1127-1192) to Yoritomo, requesting that he set up an army and liberate the court from the tyranny of the Taira, was a kinsman of the Watanabe clan.

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1. WATANABE

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Watanabe is ranked #5605 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Watanabe surname appeared 6,204 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 2 would have the surname Watanabe.
   
   79.4% or 4,926 total occurrences were Asian.
   10.2% or 633 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   6.8% or 425 total occurrences were White.
   3.3% or 209 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

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1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

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   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of watanabe in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of watanabe in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of watanabe in a Sentence

1. Yuriko Koike:

   The fight against an invisible enemy, the coronavirus, is behind the one-year postponement( of the Tokyo Olympics to 2021), and it has been a major ordeal for humanity, i would like us to overcome the fight against the coronavirus and make the Games a memorable event.Some local organisers complain that information from Tokyo has come slowly, and that they learn about key developments from the media. Others, like Mie Watanabe, readying the road race course in Oyama, a city 90 kilometres( 56 miles) southwest of Tokyo, worry months of their work could go to waste.

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References

1. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watanabe
2. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html