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Type Surname (from location)
Usage Japanese (Rare)
Scripts 芦谷原(Japanese Kanji) あしたにはら(Japanese Hiragana)
Other Forms FormsAshiyahara
Meaning & History
From Japanese 芦谷原 (Ashitanihara), a variant reading of 芦谷原 (Ashitaniharu) meaning "Ashitaniharu", a division in the division of Shukukubota in the area of Makizono in the city of Kirishima in the prefecture of Kagoshima in Japan or it being a name of a group of several households in the same location, for the Kadowari System that took place in the Edo Period in the former Japanese province of Satsuma in parts of present-day Kagoshima, Japan.