Surname Wakabayashi (ワカバヤシ 
, 若林 
, Wakabayashi 
) , across the world, is quite a rare last name. The last name Wakabayashi is characteristic of Hong Kong, where it is a rare surname, Japan, and Canada. Not in comparison with a country's population, it most frequently occurs in China, Japan, and the United States. More prevalently, Wakabayashi is the forename as well as the last name.
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| ワカバヤシ | Japan |
| 映子, 若林 | China |
| Wakabayashi | Canada, Brazil, Japan, United States, China |
Wakabayaşi, Wakahayashi, Вакабаяши, วากาบายาชิ, and วาคาบายาชิ
| yaichiro wakabayashi Japanese mineralogist, Mitsubishi Mining Company (b. 1874) |
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| kisaburō wakabayashi (b. 1908) |
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wakabayashi torasaburō Japanese educator |
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| arthur tsuneo wakabayashi Canadian civil servant, CA (b. 1932) |
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| yvonne wakabayashi Japanese-Canadian artist, CA (b. 1938) |
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| shinʼichirō wakabayashi (b. 1929) |
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| mel wakabayashi Canadian ice hockey player, CA (b. 1943) |
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| yoshiko wakabayashi university professor and researcher active in Brazil, BR (b. 1950) |
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| bob tadashi wakabayashi (b. 1950) |
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| sachiko wakabayashi Japanese animator, JP (b. 1973) |
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| akira wakabayashi (b. 1965) |
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| haruko wakabayashi (b. 1967) |
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| jun wakabayashi Japanese particle physicist |
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| kaori wakabayashi researcher |
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| tomonari wakabayashi researcher (ORCID 0000-0002-5563-6618) |
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