Type Surname (from location)
Usage Japanese (Rare)
Scripts 浅面, 淺面(Japanese Kanji) あさめん(Japanese Hiragana)
Other Forms FormsAsaomo
Meaning & History
From Japanese 浅面 (Asamen), a clipping of 浅面門 (Asamemmon) meaning "Asamen Gate", a name of a group of several households in the Kadowari System that took place in the Edo Period in the former Japanese province of Satsuma in parts of present-day Kagoshima, Japan.