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Updated January 4, 2024

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Family name origins & meanings

  • Japanese : found mostly along the southeastern seaboard of Japan and in the Ryūkyū Islands; in the former case it is probably a habitational name from Amano (‘heavenly plain’) in Izu (now part of Shizuoka prefecture).

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