Cognomen Tanabe (タナベ 
, Tanabe 
, Танабэ 
) , across the world, is quite a rare last name. The family name Tanabe is characteristic of Japan, where it is a rare surname, Brazil, and Singapore. In absolute terms, this name is the most popular in Brazil, Japan, and the United States. More frequently, Tanabe is the forename as well as the last name.
| tanabe no sakimaro (b. 715) |
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| masatake tanabe Mayor of Hiroshima (b. 1849) |
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| tanabe chuemon Japanese politician (1850-1942) (b. 1850) |
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| tanabe itaru Japanese artist (1886-1968), JP (b. 1886) |
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| shunsuke tanabe (1897-1984) businessman (b. 1897) |
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| kumazō tanabe (b. 1887) |
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| shige tanabe TW (b. 1916) |
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| takao tanabe Canadian painter, CA (b. 1926) |
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karin tanabe American historical fiction novelist, US |
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tanabe teikichi Japanese businessman |
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| sonny tanabe American swimmer, US (b. 1932) |
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| reiko tanabe Japanese artist (born 1934), JP (b. 1934) |
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| george tanabe American professor of Japanese religion, US (b. 1943) |
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| willa tanabe American professor of Japanese art history, US (b. 1945) |
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| kiyoshi tanabe Japanese tennis player, JP (b. 1948) |
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