Type Surname (from location)
Usage Japanese (Rare)
Scripts 蕪, 加武(Japanese Kanji) かぶ(Japanese Hiragana)
Other Forms FormsKabura
Meaning & History
From Japanese 蕪 (Kabu), a clipping of 蕪 (Kabumon) meaning "Kabu Gate", a name of a group of several households, that was in the division of Kami in the area of Noda in the city of Izumi in the prefecture of Kagoshima in Japan, 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.
加武 is a variant spelling of 蕪.
加武 is a variant spelling of 蕪.