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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Dutch, Polish, Czech, Slovak, and Jewish (Ashkenazic) : from Kuba, a pet form of the personal name Jakub (see Jacob).
  • Japanese : written with characters meaning ‘long time’ and ‘method’, this name is found mostly in the Ryūkyū Islands.

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