About Kumai
The surname Kumai is of Japanese origin and is written as 熊井 in kanji characters. The first character "熊" means "bear" and the second character "井" means "well." Therefore, the surname Kumai can be interpreted to mean "bear well" or "well of bears." It is likely that the surname Kumai originated from a location near a well where bears were found or from a family that had a connection to bears in some way.
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The surname Kumai is a unique entry in our records. Discover more about its distribution and characteristics:
Below is the ethnic distribution of the surname Kumai based on recent US Census records. This is a brief glimpse into the diverse backgrounds of people carrying this surname.
Ranking information for the surname Kumai is not currently available.
Here's how to represent Kumai in Braille, each pattern of raised dots corresponds to a letter in the name.
The image below shows how you can spell Kumai using American Sign Language (ASL). In sign language, each hand shape corresponds to a specific a letter of the name.