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Nagao “long tail”
Nagao is a surname from Japanese.
Original Japanese 長尾
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Popularity score No recent data Boys and girls Usage not recorded
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People named Nagao in the U.S. Very rare Fewer than about 30 people. Estimated from birth records for children and population records for adults.
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Nagao’s family of names In Japanese usage, Nagao as a surname is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 永尾. In Japanese usage, Nagao as a surname is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 長尾. In English usage, Nagao as a surname was borrowed from the Japanese form 長尾.
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Nagao 長尾 永尾 The ring: spellings.
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About this profile. Meanings and origins are drawn from historical dictionaries and reference works, including Wiktionary; where interpretations differ, we say so. Popularity comes from U.S. Social Security birth records, 1880–2025. Famous namesakes come from Wikidata. Related names are linked through documented relationships; likely links are labeled as such.