Type Surname (from location)
Usage Japanese (Rare)
Scripts 下酔尾, 下醉尾(Japanese Kanji) しもえのお(Japanese Hiragana)
Meaning & History
From Japanese 下酔尾 (Shimoenoo) meaning "Shimoenoo", a former division in the area of Terushima in the city of Ichikikushikino in the prefecture of Kagoshima in Japan, or 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.