Surnames of Japanese Origin

1,582 surnames found of Japanese origin

Akoi
The surname Akoi is of Japanese origin and is written as 赤井 in kanji characters. The first character 赤 (aka) means "red," while the second character 井 (i) refers to a "well." Therefore, the surname......
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Akui
The surname Akui is of Japanese origin and is written with the characters "秋井." The first character "秋" means "autumn" and is associated with the season and its attributes such as harvest, maturity......
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Akutagawa
The surname Akutagawa is of Japanese origin and is written with the characters "秋" meaning "autumn" and "川" meaning "river." The name is derived from a place name and signifies a person who lived n......
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Ama
The surname Ama is of Japanese origin and has multiple meanings. One interpretation is that it is derived from the Japanese word "ama," which means "sea" or "ocean." This suggests that the surname ......
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Amano
The surname Amano is of Japanese origin and has multiple meanings. The most common interpretation is "field" or "plain" (ama) combined with "wilderness" or "field" (no). It can also be translated a......
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Amayo
The surname Amayo is of Japanese origin and is derived from the combination of the elements "ama" meaning "heaven" or "sky" and "yo" meaning "world" or "generation." Therefore, the surname Amayo ca......
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Ame
The surname Ame is of Japanese origin and has multiple meanings. One interpretation is that it is derived from the Japanese word "ame," which means "rain." This surname could have been given to ind......
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Amemiya
The surname Amemiya is of Japanese origin and is written as 雨宮 in kanji characters. The name is derived from the combination of the kanji 雨 (ame), meaning "rain," and 宮 (miya), meaning "shrine" or ......
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Ando
The surname Ando is of Japanese origin and has multiple meanings. One interpretation is that it is derived from the Japanese words "an" meaning "peace" and "do" meaning "way" or "path." Therefore, ......
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Andoh
The surname Andoh is of Japanese origin and is written as 安藤 in kanji characters. It is a relatively common surname in Japan and has multiple meanings. The first character, "安" (an), means "peace" ......
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