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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Japanese : ‘central rice paddy’; from a common place name found throughout Japan. The surname occurs mostly in western Japan and the Ryūkyū Islands. A common alternate pronunciation is Nakada. Some bearers have southern Fujiwara or Minamoto connections.

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