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Updated January 4, 2024

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Family name origins & meanings

  • Japanese (found in western Japan) : meaning ‘wild tree’ or ‘new tree’; mostly written with characters for the former. It is listed in the Shinsen shōjiroku.
  • Hungarian : habitational name for someone from a place called Arak in Moson county.

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