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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Japanese : from a place name meaning ‘mountain village’; it is an ancient name taken from many villages in the Japanese heartland of Yamato (now Nara prefecture) and surrounding areas. It is found in western Japan and the island of Okinawa, and is listed in the Shinsen shōjiroku.

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