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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Japanese : ‘central swamp’; mostly found in central Japan and on the island of Okinawa. Though written with different characters today, it is of the same origin as Nagasawa; both are common place names. Several bearers are of Minamoto origin, through various lines.

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