For example, <https://myoji-yurai.net> says

1500 people with Family Name Takumi([https://myoji-
yurai.net/searchResult.htm?myojiKanji=内匠](https://myoji-
yurai.net/searchResult.htm?myojiKanji=%E5%86%85%E5%8C%A0)) 4600 people with
Family name Kaneki ([https://myoji-
yurai.net/searchResult.htm?myojiKanji=金木](https://myoji-
yurai.net/searchResult.htm?myojiKanji=%E9%87%91%E6%9C%A8))

Is this right? Found it surprising. Does Takumi Sound Weird As A Family Name?
I thought Kaneki was a made up anime name.
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内匠 (たくみ) 金木 (かねき) - how common are these family names?
It sounds about right. 1,500-4,500 is not a big number considering the
population of Japan (over 100 million). There are famous people with those
surnames.

  * [金木賢一](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%86%85%E5%8C%A0%E6%94%BF%E5%8D%9A)
  * [内匠政博](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%87%91%E6%9C%A8%E8%B3%A2%E4%B8%80)

Note also that that website seems to classify names by their written forms,
not pronunciations. Both 内匠 and 金木 can have other readings that are not Takumi
and Kaneki. (Conversely, Takumi and Kaneki can be spelled differently.)
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