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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Japanese : from a place name meaning ‘mountain rice paddy’; the surname, like the place name, is very common, so that many of its bearers may be unrelated. The surname is especially common along the eastern seaboard. It is listed in the Shinsen shōjiroku.

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