Save Type Surname Usage Japanese Scripts 麻生(Japanese Kanji) Pronounced Pron. /a.soː/ [key·simplify] Meaning & History Combination of the kanji 麻 (asa, "hemp plant") and 生 (fu, "place where vegetation grows"), thus "place where hemp plants grow". A famous bearer of this surname is Japanese Prime Minister Tarō Asō (麻生 太郎; b. 1940).
Save Type Surname (from location) Usage Japanese Scripts 阿蘇(Japanese Kanji) Pronounced Pron. /ä.so̞ː/ [key·simplify] Other Forms FormsAso Meaning & History Variant reading of Aso.