Type Surname (from location)
Usage Japanese (Russified)
Scripts 渡邊(Traditional Japanese Kanji) 渡辺(Japanese Kanji) Ватанабе(Russian)
Other Forms FormsWatanabe
Meaning & History
Alternate transcription of Watanabe more commonly used by ethnic Japanese living in parts of the former Soviet Union and Sakhalin Japanese residing on Sakhalin Island in Russia.