Editing Inoue (section)

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'''Inoue''' ([[kanji]]: {{lang|ja|井上}}, [[historical kana orthography]]: {{lang|ja|ゐのうへ}} ''Winouhe'') is the 16th most common Japanese surname.<ref>{{cite press release|title=明治安田生命 全国同姓調査 [''Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company - National same family name investigation'']|publisher=[[Meiji Yasuda Life|Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company]]|date=2008-09-24|url=http://www.meijiyasuda.co.jp/profile/news/release/2008/pdf/20080924.pdf|accessdate=2019-09-27}}</ref> Historically, it was also romanized as '''Inouye''', and many Japanese-descended people outside of Japan still retain this spelling. A less common variant is {{Nihongo2|井之上}}.