Japanese Submitted Surnames

Kazegai Japanese
Variant of Kazetani.

Kazegaya Japanese
Variant of Kazetani.

Kazehaya Japanese
Kaze means "wind" and haya means "fast".

Kazemi Japanese

Kazetani Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 風 (kaze) meaning "wind, style" and 谷 (tani) meaning "valley".

Kazeya Japanese
Variant of Kazetani.

Kazoe Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 主計 (see Kazue).

Kazue Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 主計 (kazue) meaning "(Ancient Japan) tax officer".... [more]

Kazueda Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 数枝 (see Kazue).

Kazuyuki Japanese

Kebukawa Japanese

Kekkai Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 結解 (see Kekke).

Kekke Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 結解 (kekke), a variant reading of 結解 (ketsuge) meaning "account settlement", referring to someone who would deal with settlement of accounts.

Kekke Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 結解 (kekke), a variant reading of 結解 (ketsuge) meaning "klesha to nirvana".

Kendo Japanese
From Japanese 拳 (ken) meaning "fist" and 藤 (do, dou, dō) meaning "wisteria"

Kenijima Japanese

Kenma Japanese
Japanese surname meaning "to see enough".

Kenmotsu Japanese

Kensaki Japanese

Kenzaki Japanese
Variant of Kensaki.

Ketsuge Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 結解 (see Kekke).

Khayasi Japanese (Russified)
Alternate transcription of Hayashi more commonly used by ethnic Japanese living in parts of the former Soviet Union and Sakhalin Japanese residing on Sakhalin Island in Russia.

Kiba Japanese

Kibara Japanese
Variant of Kihara.

Kichida Japanese
A variant pronunciation of Yoshida.

Kichita Japanese

Kichiyasu Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 吉安 (see Yoshiyasu).

Kida Japanese
From Japanese 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Kidamura Japanese
This surname could be made up of 木 (Ki) meaning "Tree, Wood", 貴 (Ki) meaning "Valuabele", or 喜 (Ki) meaning "Rejoice", with 田 (Da) meaning "Rice Paddy, Field", and 村 (Mura) means "Hamlet, Village"... [more]

Kidate Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 木 (ki) meaning "tree" and 建 (date), the joining continuative form of 建てる (tateru) meaning "to build; to construct".

Kido Japanese

Kido Japanese
From Japanese 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood" and 戸 (to) meaning "door".

Kido Japanese
From Japanese 城 (ki) meaning "castle" and 戸 (to) meaning "door".

Kidoh Japanese

Kidou Japanese

Kihara Japanese

Kihara Japanese
From Japanese 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Kiire Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 喜入 (Kiire) meaning "Kiire", a former village in the former district of Kiire in the former Japanese province of Satsuma in parts of present-day Kagoshima, Japan, or it being a variant spelling of 給黎 (Kiire) meaning "Kiire", the name of the district which the village was located in.

Kiiri Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 喜入 (see Kiire).

Kijima Japanese
Variant of Kishima.

Kikawa Japanese
From 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood" and 川 (kawa) meaning "stream, river".

Kiku Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese 鞠 (see Mari).

Kikubara Japanese (Rare)
Variant of Kikuhara.

Kikuchi Japanese
From Japanese 菊 (kiku) meaning "chrysanthemum" and 池 (chi) meaning "pool, pond" or 地 (chi) meaning "earth, land, ground".

Kikuda Japanese
Kiku means "chrysanthemum" and da means "field, rice paddy".

Kikugai Japanese
Variant of Kikutani.

Kikugaya Japanese
Variant of Kikutani.

Kikuhara Japanese (Rare)
Kiku (菊) means "chrysanthemum", hara (原) means "plain/field/meadow"

Kikumori Japanese
Kiku means "chrysanthemum" and mori means "forest".

Kikunaga Japanese

Kikuta Japanese
Variant of Kikuda.

Kikuta Japanese
From Japanese 菊 (kiku) meaning "chrysanthemum" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Kikutani Japanese
Kiku means "chrysanthemum" and tani means "valley".

Kikutani Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 麹谷 (see Kōjiya).

Kikuwara Japanese (Rare)
Variant of Kikuhara.

Kikuya Japanese
"Chrysanthemum valley."

Kikyo Japanese
This surname is used as 桔梗, 喜京, 木京 or 鬼京 with 桔 (kitsu, ketsu, ki), which is used in plant names, 梗 (kyou, kou, oomune, fusagu, yamanire) meaning "close up, flower stem, for the most part", 喜 (ki, yoroko.basu, yoroko.bu) meaning "rejoice, take pleasure in", 木 (boku, moku, ki, ko-) meaning "tree, wood", 鬼 (ki, oni, oni-) meaning "devil, ghost" and 京 (kyou, kin, kei, miyako) meaning "capital."... [more]

Kimata Japanese
From Japanese 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood" and 俣 (mata) meaning "fork, crotch".

Kimi Japanese (Rare)
Abbreviated form of Kimigafukuro or Kimigabukuro and written 君.

Kimigabukuro Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 君ケ袋 (see Kimigafukuro).

Kimigafukuro Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 君ケ袋 (Kimigafukuro) meaning "Kimigafukuro", a former large village in the district of Kami in the former Japanese province of Rikuzen in parts of present-day Miyagi, Japan and Iwate, Japan.

Kimijima Japanese

Kimiko Japanese

Kimoshita Japanese

Kimoto Japanese
From Japanese 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".

Kimoto Japanese
Ki means "tree, wood" and moto means "source, origin, root".

Kimotsuki Japanese

Kimpo Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 金宝 (see Kimpō).

Kimpō Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 金 (kin) meaning "gold, metal" and 宝 (pō), the joining form of 宝 (hō) meaning "treasure", possibly referring to someone who manufactured precious metals.

Kimpoh Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 金宝 (see Kimpō).

Kimpou Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 金宝 (see Kimpō).

Kinami Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 斯波 (see Shiba).

Kinamura Japanese

Kinemuchi Japanese

Kingetsu Japanese

Kinjo Japanese
From the Japanese 金 (kin or kane) "gold," "money" and 城 (jo or shiro) "castle."

Kinjo Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 金城 (see Kinjō).

Kinjō Japanese
From Japanese 金 (kin) meaning "gold, money, metal" and 城 (jō) meaning "castle".

Kino Japanese
Of unknown meaning. A notable name bearer is a fictional character "Makoto Kino" in the "Sailor Moon" anime.

Kinoh Japanese

Kinose Japanese
Ki means "tree, wood", no could be a possessive particle or it could mean "field, wilderness", and se means "current, ripple".

Kinoshi Japanese (Rare)

Kinoshita Japanese
From Japanese 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood", an unwritten possessive marker 之 (no), and 下 (shita) meaning "under, below".

Kinoue Japanese

Kinpo Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 金宝 (see Kimpō).

Kinpō Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 金宝 (see Kimpō).

Kinpoh Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 金宝 (see Kimpō).

Kinpou Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 金宝 (see Kimpō).

Kinuda Japanese

Kinugai Japanese (Rare)
Variant of Kinutani.

Kinugasa Japanese
From Japanese 衣 (kinu) meaning "clothing, clothes" and 笠 (kasa) meaning "bamboo hat".

Kinugaya Japanese (Rare)
Variant of Kinutani.

Kinukawa Japanese
Kinu means "silk" and kawa means "stream, river".

Kinuta Japanese

Kinutani Japanese
Kinu means "silk" and tani means "valley".

Kinuya Japanese (Rare)
Variant of Kinutani.

Kira Japanese

Kiribara Japanese
A variant of Kirihara.

Kiribata Japanese
Variant of Kirihata.

Kirida Japanese
Kiri means "paulownia" and da means "field, rice paddy".

Kirieda Japanese
"Paulownia tree branch".

Kirigai Japanese
A variant of Kiritani.

Kirigaya Japanese
From 桐 (kiri), referring to the tree known commonly as the empress or foxglove tree, combined with 谷 (ya) meaning "valley," sometimes with the infixation of the historical possessive particle が (ga) (written as ヶ) that is most often used in place names and surnames... [more]

Kirihara Japanese
From Japanese 桐 (kiri) meaning "paulownia" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Kirihata Japanese

Kirima Japanese (Rare)
Kiri (桐 or 霧) means "paulownia/foxglove tree" or "mist" respectively, ma (間), means "space".

Kirimura Japanese
Kiri means "paulownia" and mura means "hamlet, village".

Kirino Japanese
Kiri means "paulownia" and no means "field, wilderness, plain".

Kirishima Japanese (Rare)
From 桐 (kiri), referring to the tree known commonly as the empress or foxglove tree, 霧 (kiri) meaning "fog, mist" or 切 (kiri) meaning "end, finish; bounds, limits" combined with 島/嶋 (shima) meaning "island."

Kirita Japanese
Variant of Kirida.

Kiritani Japanese
Kiri means "paulownia" and tani means "valley".

Kiriwara Japanese
A variant of Kirihara.

Kiriya Japanese
A variant of Kiritani.

Kiriyama Japanese
Kiri (桐) means "Paulownia/foxglove tree", yama (山) means "mountain". Notable bearers of this surname are Kouji Kiriyama (桐山光侍), a Japanese manga author, Kazuo Kiriyama (桐山和雄) from Battle Royale, and Rei Kiriyama (桐山零), the main character of 3-gatsu no lion.

Kiryuu Japanese

Kisara Japanese

Kisaragi Japanese (Rare)
Old way to say February.

Kisaragi Japanese (Rare)
如月 (Kisaragi) can be translated as "February" and "second month of the lunar calendar" (obsolete term) and the kanji means (如月 = likeness; like; such as; as if; better; best; equal | month; moon)... [more]

Kishi Japanese
From Japanese 岸 (kishi) meaning "bank, shore".

Kishibe Japanese

Kishida Japanese
From Japanese 岸 (kishi) meaning "beach, shore, bank" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Kishigami Japanese

Kishii Japanese
Koshi means "shore, bank, beach" and i means "well, mineshaft, pit".

Kishikawa Japanese
From Japanese 岸 (kishi) meaning "beach, shore, bank" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Kishima Japanese

Kishimura Japanese

Kishino Japanese
From Japanese 岸 (kishi) meaning "beach, shore, bank" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Kishio Japanese
Kishi means "bank, shore, beach" and o means "tail".

Kishioka Japanese
formed with 岸 (Kishi, Gan) meaning "Beach" and 岡 (Oka, Kō) meaning "Mount; hill; knoll”. So the mean it could be interpreted as “Hill of the Beach” or “Beach Hill”

Kishiyama Japanese
From Japanese 岸 (kishi) meaning "beach, shore, bank" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill".

Kishu Japanese

Kisida Japanese

Kitabashi Japanese
Variant of Kitahashi.

Kitabatake Japanese

Kitabayashi Japanese
From the Japanese 北 (kita) "North" and 林 (bayashi or hayashi) "forest," "woods."

Kitabayashi Japanese
From Japanese 北 (kita) meaning "north" and 林 (hayashi) meaning "forest".

Kitada Japanese

Kitae Japanese

Kitagaki Japanese
From 北 (kita) meaning "north" and 垣 (gaki) meaning "hedge, fence".

Kitahara Japanese
From Japanese 北 (kita) meaning "north" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Kitahashi Japanese
Kita means "north" and hashi means "bridge".

Kitajima Japanese
From Japanese 北 (kita) meaning "north" and 島 (shima) meaning "island".

Kitakado Japanese
Kita means "north" and kado means "gate".

Kitakawa Japanese
Kita means "north" and kawa means "river, stream".

Kitakoji Japanese

Kitami Japanese
From Japanese 喜 (ki) meaning "rejoice" or 北 (kita) meaning "north", combined with 多 (ta) meaning "many" and/or 見 (mi) meaning "see".

Kitamura Japanese
From Japanese 北 (kita) meaning "north" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".

Kitani Japanese
From the Japanese 木 (ki or moku) "tree," "wood" and 谷 (tani or ya) "valley."

Kitano Japanese
From Japanese 北 (kita) meaning "north" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Kitanokouji Japanese (Rare)
Kitanokouji (北小路) comes from kita (北) means "North", Kouji (小路) means "Alley". This is one of the kuge surnames and this surname is very rare. No notable people or fictional characters bear this surname.

Kitao Japanese
From 北 (kita) meaning "north" and 尾 (o) meaning "tail".

Kitaoka Japanese
From Japanese 北 (kita) meaning "north" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".

Kitasawa Japanese
Kita means "north" and shima means "island".

Kitase Japanese
Kita means "north" and and se means "ripple".

Kitashima Japanese
Kita means "north" and shima means "island".

Kitashirakawa Japanese
From Japanese 北 (kita) meaning "north", 白 (shira) meaning "white" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Kitaura Japanese
Kita means "north" and ura means "bay, seacoast".

Kitayama Japanese
From Japanese 北 (kita) meaning "north" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill".

Kitazawa Japanese
Kita (北) means "North", zawa/sawa (沢 or 澤) means "swamp". Sawa changes to zawa because of rendaku.

Kitazawa Japanese
From Japanese 北 (kita) meaning "north" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Kiuchi Japanese
Ki means "tree" and uchi means "inside".

Kiuchi Japanese
From Japanese 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood" and 内 (uchi) meaning "inside".

Kiwara Japanese
Variant of Kihara.

Kiya Japanese
Means "tree valley" in Japanese, from 木 (ki) "tree" and 谷 (ya) "valley".

Kiyama Japanese

Kiyoda Japanese

Kiyofuji Japanese
From Japanese 清 (kiyo) meaning "clear, pure, clean" and 藤 (fuji) meaning "wisteria".

Kiyoi Japanese

Kiyoko Japanese
Surname of American-Japanese singer, songwriter, actress, dancer, and director Hayley Kiyoko.

Kiyomigawa Japanese
A notable user of this surname is Kiyomigawa Umeyuki, a sumo wrestler from Yokota, Akita Prefecture.

Kiyomizu Japanese
A variation of the popular surname Shimizu. 清 (Kiyo) means "Pure, Clean" and 水 (Mizu) means "Water".

Kiyomoto Japanese
Kiyo means "clean, pure" and moto means "origin".

Kiyono Japanese

Kiyono Japanese
From Japanese 清 (kiyo) meaning "clear, pure, clean" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Kiyooka Japanese

Kiyosaka Japanese
Kiyo means "pure, clean" and saka means "slope, hill".

Kiyosaki Japanese
Kiyo means "pure" and saki means "cape, promontory, peninsula".

Kiyose Japanese
Kiyo means "pure, clean" and se means "ripple".

Kiyoshi Japanese
Kiyoshi means "pure, clean".

Kiyota Japanese
From the Japanese 清 (kiyo) "clearly," "brightly," "cleanly" and 田 (ta or da) "rice paddy."

Kiyotake Japanese

Kiyoura Japanese
Combination of the Kanji 清 (kiyo, "clear, pure, refreshing, clean") and 浦 (ura, "bay, inlet"). A famous bearer of this surname was Japanese Prime Minister Kiyoura Keigo (清浦 奎吾; 1850–1942).

Kiyozaki Japanese
Variant of Kiyosaki.

Kizara Japanese (Rare, ?)

Kizuki Japanese
Kizuki has various spellings. It combines 木 (ki) meaning “tree”, 気 (ki) meaning “spirit”, 稀 (ki) meaning “rare”, 希 (ki) “hope, rare” and 妃 (ki) meaning “princess” with 月 (tsuki) meaning “moon, month”... [more]

Ko Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 荒 (see Kō).

Ko Japanese
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 神 (see Kō).

Kō Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 荒 (see Ara).

Kō Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 神 (see Jin).

Kobai Japanese

Kobara Japanese
Variant of Kohara.

Kobari Japanese
From Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small" and 針 (hari) meaning "needle, pin".

Kobashi Japanese
Variant of Kohashi.

Kobashi Japanese
From Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small" and 橋 (hashi) meaning "bridge".

Kobashigawa Japanese
Variant of Kobashikawa.

Kobashiri Japanese

Kobasigawa Japanese (Anglicized)
The more common form of Kobashigawa in the Western world.

Kobata Japanese
Variant of Kohata.

Kobata Japanese (Rare)
Variant of Hatta, added Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small, little".

Kobatashi Japanese

Kobayakawa Japanese
From Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small", 早 (baya) meaning "fast" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river".

Kobe Japanese
From the Japanese city of Kobe.

Kobiyama Japanese
From Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small", 檜 (hi) meaning "Japanese cypress" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Kobokawa Japanese

Kobori Japanese
From Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small" and 堀 (hori) meaning "moat, ditch".

Kochi Japanese

Koda Japanese
From Japanese 香 (kō) meaning "fragrance, incense", 神 (kō) meaning "god", or 行 (kō) meaning "journey, travel" and 田 (ta) meaning "field".

Kodaira Japanese
Ko means "small" and daira is a form of taira meaning "peace, level". ... [more]

Kodajima Japanese
From Japanese 古 (Ko) meaning "Old" and 田 (Ta, Da) meaning "Rice Field" and 島 (Shima) meaning "Island"

Kodama Japanese

Kodama Japanese
From Japanese 児 or 兒 (ko) meaning "child, young" and 玉 (tama) meaning "jewel, ball".

Kodama Japanese
From Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small" and 玉 (tama) meaning "jewel, ball".

Kodera Japanese
"Little temple".

Kodzuchi Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small; little" and 土 (dzuchi), the joining form of 土 (tsuchi) meaning "earth; soil; mud, ground".

Kōen Japanese
Japanese form of Cohen.

Koga Japanese

Koga Japanese
From Japanese 古 (ko) meaning "old, past" and 賀 (ka) meaning "congratulate, greet, celebrate".

Kogaki Japanese

Kogami Japanese
Variant of Kokami.

Kogane Japanese (Rare)
This surname is used as 黄金, 小金, 古金, 子金, 故金 or 小賀根 with 黄 (ou, kou, ki, ko-) meaning "yellow", 小 (shou, o-, ko-, sa-, chii.sai) meaning "little, small", 古 (ko, furu-, furu.i, -fu.rusu) meaning "old", 子 (shi, su, tsu, ko, -ko, -ne) meaning "child, sign of the rat (1st sign of Chinese zodiac", 故 (ko, furu.i, moto, yue) meaning "cause, circumstances, consequently, especially, happenstance, intentionally, reason, the late, therefore", 賀 (ga) meaning "congratulations, joy", 根 (kon, ne, -ne) meaning "head (pimple), radical, root" and 金 (kin, kon, gon, kana-, kane, -gane) meaning "gold."... [more]

Koganesawa Japanese

Koganezawa Japanese

Kogawa Japanese
Variant of Kokawa.

Kogawara Japanese
Variant reading of Ogasawara.

Kōgi Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 鴻 (kō) meaning "powerful, prosperous" and 戯 (gi) meaning "frolic".

Kogi Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Kōgi.

Kogino Japanese

Kogure Japanese
From Japanese 木 (ko) meaning "tree, wood" and 暮 (kure) meaning "end, close".

Koh Japanese
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 神 (see Kō).

Kohara Japanese

Kohashi Japanese
Ko means "small" and hashi means "bridge".

Kohata Japanese

Kohchi Japanese

Kohchiyama Japanese
Variant of Kochiyama.

Kohinata Japanese
From Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small", 日 (hi) meaning "day, sun" and 向 (na, ta) meaning "approach".

Kohira Japanese
A variant of Kodaira.... [more]

Kohno Japanese

Kohrogi Japanese

Kohsaka Japanese
Variant transcription of Kosaka.

Kohyama Japanese
Variant transcription of Koyama.

Koichi Japanese
The Surname "Koichi" translates to "Small Market"

Koida Japanese

Koide Japanese
From the Japanese 小 (ko) "small" and 出 (ide or de) "rising."

Koigakubo Japanese
Koi means "love", ga is a language particle, ku means "long time ago, lasting" and bo means "guarantee, protect".

Koike Japanese
From the Japanese 小 (ko) "small" and 池 (ike) "pond."

Koinuma Japanese
From 鯉 (koi) meaning "carp fish" and 沼 (numa) meaning "swamp, marsh".

Koishi Japanese
Ko means "small" and ishi means "stone".

Koiso Japanese
Combination of the kanji 小 (ko; "small, little, short") and 磯 (iso; "seashore")

Koiwai Japanese, Popular Culture
Ko means "Small", Iwa means "Stone", and I means "Well". Fictional characters with this last name: Yotsuba from the manga "Yotsuba&!" and Yoshino Koiwai from "Masamune-kun's Revenge" are examples of this.

Kōja Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 紅 (kō) meaning "crimson; vivid red" and 蛇 (ja) meaning "snake; serpent".

Koja Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 紅蛇 (see Kōja).

Kōjidani Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 糀谷 or 小路谷 (see Kōjiya).

Kojidani Japanese
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 糀谷 or 小路谷 (see Kōjidani) or a variant reading of Japanese Kanji 小路谷 (see Kōjiya).

Kojika Japanese

Kojima Japanese
From Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small" or 児 (ko) meaning "young" and 島 (shima) meaning "island".

Kōjitani Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 麹谷, 糀谷, 粷谷, or 小路谷 (see Kōjiya).

Kojitani Japanese
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 麹谷, 糀谷, 粷谷, or 小路谷 (see Kōjitani) or a variant reading of Japanese Kanji 小路谷 (see Kōjiya).

Kōjiya Japanese
From Japanese 麹 (kōji) meaning a substance made from plant molds to make fermented products and 屋 (ya) meaning "seller; shop".

Kojiya Japanese
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 麹屋, 麹家, 麹谷, 糀屋, 糀谷, 糀矢, 粷谷, or 小路谷 (see Kojiya) or a variant reading of Japanese Kanji 小路谷 (see Kōjiya).

Kojo Japanese
Occupational name for a gardener.

Kōka Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 紅花 (kōka) meaning "red- or crimson-colored flower", referring to an occupation that involves flowers and rouge powder.

Kokan Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 小菅 or 小管 (see Kosuge).

Kokawa Japanese
Ko means "small" and kawa means "river".

Koki Japanese
This surname combines 古 (ko, furu-, furu.i, -fu.rusu) meaning "old" or 小 (shou, o-, ko-, sa-, chii.sai) meaning "little, small" with 木 (boku, moku, ki, ko-) meaning "tree, wood."

Kokonoe Japanese (Rare)
From 九重 (kokonoe) meaning "ninefold."... [more]

Kokubo Japanese
From Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small", 久 (ku) meaning "long time ago" and 保 (ho) meaning "protect".

Kokubu Japanese
From Japanese 国 or 國 (koku) meaning "country, state" and 分 (bu) meaning "part, share, portion".

Kokuda Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 小管 (see Kosuge).

Komada Japanese
Ko could mean "small, little" or "old", ma could mean "real, genuine" and da comes from ta meaning "rice paddy, field".

Komaeda Japanese (Rare)
From 小 (ko) meaning "small, little" or 古 (ko) meaning "old" combined with Maeda.... [more]

Komagata Japanese
Ko could mean "little, small" or "old". Ma could mean "genuine, real" or "horse". Gata could come from kata meaning "shape, form".

Komaru Japanese
From Japanese 小丸 (Komaru) meaning "Komaru", a former village in the former district of Mikumi in the former Japanese province of Tajima in parts of present-day Hyōgo, Japan.

Komata Japanese

Komatsu Japanese
From Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small" and 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree".

Komatsubara Japanese
From Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small", 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Komatsusaki Japanese

Komatsuzaki Japanese (Rare)
Ko ("Small") + Matsu ("Pine Tree") + Zaki ("Peninsula, Cape"). This is a uncommon name, but it has kanji that 90% of Japanese family names have.

Kome Japanese
Variant of Yone.

Komemoto Japanese
Kome means "rice, America" and moto means "base, origin, root, source".

Komi Japanese

Kominami Japanese

Komine Japanese
Ko mean "small" or "light" and mine means "peak".

Komiya Japanese
小 (Ko) means "small" and 宮 (miya) means "shrine".

Komiya Japanese
From Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small" and 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace".

Komiyama Japanese

Komiyama Japanese
From Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small", 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Komoku Japanese

Komori Japanese
From Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small" and 森 (mori) meaning "forest".

Komoto Japanese

Komukai Japanese
From Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small" and 向 (mukai) meaning "yonder, facing, beyond".

Kōmura Japanese
From Japanese 高 (kō) meaning "tall, high" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".

Komura Japanese
Ko means "small" and mura means "village, hamlet".

Komura Japanese
From Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".

Komura Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 高村 (see Kōmura).

Komuro Japanese
From the Japanese 小 (ko) "small" and 室 (muro) "room."

Kon Japanese

Konagawa Japanese
The Japanese surname "Konagawa" (小長川) consists of three kanji characters: "小" meaning "small," "長" meaning "long," and "川" meaning "river." So, "Konagawa" could be interpreted as "small long river." However, as with many Japanese surnames, there may be variations in meaning and interpretation depending on the family's history and region.

Konaka Japanese
小 (Ko) means "small" and 中 (naka) means "middle".

Konami Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 斯波 (see Shiba).

Konda Japanese
Written with characters meaning ‘now’ and ‘rice paddy’, this version of the name is found mostly in eastern Japan. In western Japan it is pronounced Imata.