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Updated January 4, 2024

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Family name origins & meanings

  • Dutch : patronymic from the personal name Dom.
  • Japanese : it is unclear whether instances of this name in America are Domen, written with characters meaning ‘surface of the earth’, or Dōmen, written with various characters; one combination means ‘surface of the road’. None of these are common in Japan.

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