Board Thread:Naruto News/@comment-26408596-20150503091622/@comment-25283946-20150514045936

UchihaSasuke kun1 wrote: right, now I know that haruno / hatake / Shimura, it's all family name, not the name of the clan. thanks NO! Hatake is Clan (Michi page 26), Shimura is Clan(Chapter 625, page 8).

Michi page 26 shows the main Konoha's clans(Uzumaki, Uchiha, Senju, Sarutobi, Hatake, Nara, Akimichi, Yamanaka, Hyuga, Aburame and Inuzuka)! I think that all families are clan, but only a few are the oldest and most important. Haruno, Shimura, Namikaze, Yuhi, Umino... they are smaller and less powerful clans. ^_^