indicate the level to which a name has been verified.
Type Surname (from location)
Usage Japanese (Rare)
Scripts 外枦保(Japanese Kanji) そとへぼ(Japanese Hiragana)
Meaning & History
From Japanese 外枦保 (Sotohebo), a clipping of 外枦保門 (Sotohebomon) meaning "Sotohebo Gate", 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, as well as surrounding areas.