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Updated January 4, 2024

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Family name origins & meanings

  • Japanese : topographic name meaning literally ‘wild river’, probably referring to the Arakawa River, which drains the Kantō Plain into Tōkyō Bay. There are other rivers of the same name. This surname is mostly found in eastern Japan.

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