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Updated January 3, 2024

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Family name origins & meanings

  • Japanese : from a common place name meaning ‘(one who lives) beneath the hackberry tree’. It is found as a surname in the Kyōto–Ōsaka area and the Ryūkyū Islands, and is listed in the Shinsen shōjiroku.

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