Save Type Surname (from location) Usage Japanese Scripts 小無田, 小牟田(Japanese Kanji) Pronounced Pron. KO-MOO-TA [key] Meaning & History From 小 (ko) meaning "small, little", 無 (mu) meaning "naught, nothing" or 牟 (mu) meaning "pupil (of the eye)", and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".