Browse Surnames

This is a list of surnames in which the usage is Japanese; and the first letter is T.
usage
letter
Tachibana 橘, たちばな Japanese
From Japanese (tachibana) meaning "orange, tangerine".
Takahashi 高橋, たかはし Japanese
From Japanese (taka) meaning "tall, high" and (hashi) meaning "bridge".
Takeda 武田, たけだ Japanese
From Japanese (take) meaning "military, martial" and (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Takenaka 竹中, たけなか Japanese
Means "dweller amongst bamboo", from Japanese (take) meaning "bamboo" and (naka) meaning "middle".
Takeuchi 竹内, たけうち Japanese
From Japanese (take) meaning "bamboo" and (uchi) meaning "inside".
Tamura 田村, たむら Japanese
From Japanese (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" and (mura) meaning "town, village".
Tanaka 田中, たなか Japanese
Means "dweller in the rice fields", from Japanese (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" and (naka) meaning "middle".
Tani 谷, たに Japanese
From Japanese (tani) meaning "valley".
Taniguchi 谷口, たにぐち Japanese
From Japanese (tani) meaning "valley" and (kuchi) meaning "mouth, entrance".
Tomioka 富岡, とみおか Japanese
From Japanese (tomi) meaning "wealth, abundance" and (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".
Toyoda 豊田, とよだ Japanese
From Japanese (toyo) meaning "bountiful, luxuriant" and (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy". A famous bearer was Kiichiro Toyoda (1894-1952), founder of Toyota Motor Corporation.
Tsukuda 佃, つくだ Japanese
From Japanese (tsukuda) meaning "cultivated rice field".
Tsunoda 角田, つのだ Japanese
From Japanese (tsuno) meaning "point, corner" and (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".