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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Japanese : ‘chrysanthemum pond’ (also read Kikuike); found mostly in western Japan. Another rendering, substituting the character ‘ground’ for ‘pond’ (both chi), is found in northeastern Japan and the island of Kyūshū. An ancient variant, Kukuchi of Higo (now Kumamoto prefecture), is listed in the Shinsen shōjiroku.

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