Japanese Submitted Surnames

Shiroiwa Japanese

Shirokane Japanese

Shiroma Japanese

Shiromori 白森 Japanese
From Japanese 白 (shiro) combined with 森 (mori) meaning forest. Other kanji combinations are possible.

Shirono Japanese
Shiro means "white" and no means "field, wilderness".

Shirota Japanese

Shiryo Japanese

Shiryou Japanese

Shiryu 四柳, しりゅう Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 四柳 (see Shiryū).

Shiryū 四柳, しりゅう Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 四柳 (see Yotsuyanagi).

Shiryuh 四柳, しりゅう Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 四柳 (see Shiryū).

Shiryuu 四柳, しりゅう Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 四柳 (see Shiryū).

Shishido 宍戸 Japanese
Japanese: habitational name taken from a district in Hitachi (now Ibaraki prefecture), written with a variant character for ‘flesh’ and ‘door’. It is found mostly in northeastern Japan.

Shishido 宍戸, ししど Japanese
From Japanese 宍 (shishi) meaning "meat, flesh" and 戸 (to) meaning "door".

Shishigami 鹿神 Japanese
A Japanese surname meaning "deer god".

Shishikura Japanese
Shishi means "lion" and kura means "possess, have, storehouse, warehouse".

Shishima ししま Japanese
I don't know the history of this last name. I saw it in a magazine somewhere...

Shishimine 獅峯, 獅峰, ししみね Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 獅 (shishi), script-changed from 猪 (shishi) meaning "sus scrofa" and 峯 (mine) meaning "peak; summit".... [more]

Shishinai Japanese

Shitao 下尾 Japanese
From 下 (shita) meaning "lower, downstream, under" and 尾 (o) meaning "tail, end".

Shitara 設楽 Japanese
From Japanese 設 (shita) meaning "establish" and 楽 (ra) meaning "comfort".

Shitayashiki 下屋敷, したやしき Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 下屋敷 (see Shimoyashiki).

Shiwa 斯波, 紫波, 志和, しわ Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 斯波 or 紫波 (see Shiba) or variant of Shiba but written 志和.

Shiyanagi 四柳, しやなぎ Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 四柳 (see Yotsuyanagi).

Shiyune Japanese

Shiyuno Japanese

Shizu Japanese

Shizuma Japanese

Shizume Japanese

Sho Japanese
Japanese name meaning "to fly/soar" or "wind instrument".

Sho 初, しょ, しょう Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 初 (see Hatsu) or a variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 初 (see Shō).

Shō 初, しょう Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 初 (see Hatsu).

Shōami 正阿弥, 正阿彌, しょうあみ Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 正阿弥 (shōami), a sect of kettle brim making, hat brim making, or weapon-end guard making.

Shoami 正阿弥, 正阿彌, しょうあみ Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 正阿弥 (see Shōami).

Shōaya 正阿弥, しょうあや Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 正阿弥 (see Shōami).

Shoaya 正阿弥, しょうあや Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 正阿弥 (see Shōaya).

Shoda Japanese

Shoh 初, しょう Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 初 (see Shō).

Shohmi 正味, しょうみ Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 正味 (see Shōmi).

Shōji 庄司, しょうじ Japanese
From Japanese 庄 (shō) meaning "manor, villa" and 司 (ji) meaning "officer, boss".

Shoji 庄司 Japanese
From the Japanese 庄 (sho) "level" and 司 (shi or ji) "director," "official."

Shoji 庄司, しょうじ Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese 庄司 (see Shōji).

Shōjiya 小路谷, しょうじや Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 小路谷 (see Kōjiya).

Shojiya 小路谷, しょうじや Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 小路谷 (see Shōjiya).

Shokutsu 食通 Japanese
From Japanese 食 (shoku) meaning food and 通 (tsu) meaning "connoisseur".

Shōmi 正味, しょうみ Japanese
From Japanese 正味 (Shōmi) meaning "Shōmi", a division in the area of Yoshiumi in the city of Imabari in the prefecture of Ehime in Japan.

Shomi 正味, しょうみ Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 正味 (see Shōmi).

Shoni Japanese

Shou 初, しょう Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 初 (see Shō).

Shouami 正阿弥, 正阿彌, しょうあみ Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 正阿弥 (see Shōami).

Shouaya 正阿弥, しょうあや Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 正阿弥 (see Shōaya).

Shoumi 正味, しょうみ Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 正味 (see Shōmi).

Shouyu Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Shoyu.

Shoyu Japanese (Rare)
Shoyu is made up of two kanji that literally means "soy sauce".

Shōzō 宗像, しょうぞう Japanese (Rare)
This surname is used as 宗 (shuu, sou, mune) meaning "origin, religion, sect" and 像 (zou) meaning "figure, image, picture, portrait, statue."... [more]

Shu 鞠, しゅう Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese 鞠 (see Shū).

Shū 鞠, しゅう Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese 鞠 (see Mari).

Shudai 主代, しゅだい Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 主代 (see Nushiro).

Shumiya Japanese

Shuri Japanese

Shuto 首藤 Japanese
From 首 (shu) meaning "neck, counter for songs or poems" combined with 藤 (to, fuji) meaning "wisteria".

Shuu 鞠, しゅう Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese 鞠 (see Shū).

Sigsawa Japanese (Anglicized)
The professional surname of Keiichi Shigusawa, an author.

So Japanese (Rare)
A notable bearer is So Yoshiyori (1818-1890), a fuedal lord of the So clan.

Sobaharaya 蕎原屋, そばはらや Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 蕎原屋 (Sobaharaya) meaning "Sobahara Store", from 蕎原 (Sobahara) meaning "Sobahara", an area in the city of Kaidzuka in the prefecture of Ōsaka in Japan.

Sobue 祖父江, そぶえ Japanese
From Japanese 祖 (so) meaning "ancestor", 父 (bu) meaning "father" and 江 (e) meaning "bay, inlet".

Soda Japanese

Soeda 添田, そえだ Japanese
From Japanese 添 (soeru) meaning "attach" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Soejima Japanese
Variant of Soeshima.

Soeshima Japanese

Soeta Japanese

Soga Japanese

Sogami Japanese
Variant of Sokami.

Sogawa Japanese

Sohma Japanese

Sokabe Japanese

Sōma 相馬, そうま Japanese
From Japanese 相 (sō) meaning "appearance" and 馬 (ma) meaning "horse".

Soma 相馬, そうま Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 相馬 (see Sōma).

Somai Japanese
A notable bearer is Shinji Somai (1948-2001). He was a film director.

Somatomo 相本 Japanese
The Japanese surname "Somatomo" (相本) is not a common surname, and its meaning can vary depending on the family's history and origin. However, "Soma" can mean "together" or "mutual," and "tomo" can mean "friend" or "companion." So, "Somatomo" might roughly translate to "mutual friend" or "companion together."

Someno Japanese

Someya 染谷, そめや Japanese
From Japanese 染 (some) meaning "dye, colour, paint" and 谷 (ya) meaning "valley".

Sonan 楚南 Japanese

Sone 曽根, 素根, 曾禰 Japanese
From Japanese 曾 or 曽 (so) meaning "great- (as in great-grandparent)" or 素 (so) meaning "plain, basic" combined with 根 (ne) meaning "plant root, foundation, base".

Sonehara 曽根原 Japanese
From 曽 (so) meaning "once, formerly, before, ever", 根 (ne) meaning "root", and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain, wilderness".

Sono Japanese
Sono means "garden".

Sonobe Japanese

Sonoda 園田, 薗田 Japanese
From Japanese 園 or 薗 (sono) meaning "park, garden, orchard" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Sonogai Japanese

Sonogaya Japanese
Variant of Sonotani.

Sonoike 園池, 其池, そのいけ Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 園 (sono) meaning "orchard; plantation" and 池 (ike) meaning "pond".... [more]

Sonoma Japanese

Sonoo Japanese
Sono means "garden" and o means "tail".

Sonosaki Japanese
Sono means "garden" and saki means "cape, peninsula, promontory".

Sonota Japanese

Sonotani Japanese (Rare)
Sono means "garden" and tani means "valley".

Sonoue Japanese
"Garden under."

Sonoya Japanese (Rare)
Variant of Sonotani.

Sonozaki 園崎 Japanese
From Japanese 園 (sono) meaning "garden" combined with 崎 (zaki) meaning "cape, peninsula". A notable bearer of this surname is Mie Sonozaki, a Japanese voice-actress who is best known for being the Japanese dubbing voice of Hayley Atwell, Anne Hathaway, Kirsten Dunst, and Elisha Cuthbert.

Sootome 早乙女, 五月女 Japanese
Variant transcription of 早乙女 or 五月女 (Sōtome).

Soramoto Japanese
Sora means "sky, heaven" and "source, root, origin".

Sorime 反目, 反リ目, 祖利目, そりめ Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 反り (sori), the continuative form of 反る (soru) meaning "to curve" and 目 (me) meaning "visual feature", referring to a curved landscape of a field.

Sōsuke Japanese
From given name “Sōsuke”

Sota 颯太 Japanese
From Japanese 颯 (sō) meaning "sudden, sound of the wind" and 太 (ta) meaning "thick, big, great". This name can also be formed of other kanji combinations. There is a character in Danganronpa used as a surname, but it's not actually used as a surname and it's originated from a boy's name from Japanese.

Sotohebo 外枦保, そとへぼ Japanese (Rare)
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.

Sōtome 早乙女, 五月女 Japanese
Variant reading of 早乙女 or 五月女 (Saotome).

Sotome 早乙女, 五月女 Japanese
Variant transcription of 早乙女 or 五月女 (Sōtome).

Sotomi Japanese

Sototo 外当, 外當, そととう Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 外当 or 外當 (see Sototō).

Sototō 外当, 外當, そととう Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 外当 or 外當 (see Hokaatari).

Sototoh 外当, 外當, そととう Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 外当 or 外當 (see Sototō).

Sototou 外当, 外當, そととう Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 外当 or 外當 (see Sototō).

Soukabe Japanese

Souma 相馬 Japanese (Rare)
Sou (相) means "appearance, nature", ma (馬) means "horse". Souma is also a city name in Fukishima prefecture. Mitsuko Souma (相馬光子) from Battle Royale bears this surname

Souta Japanese
From Japanese 颯 (sō) meaning "sudden, sound of the wind" and 太 (ta) meaning "thick, big, great". This name can also be formed of other kanji combinations. Also used as a given name.

Soutome 早乙女, 五月女 Japanese
Variant transcription of 早乙女 or 五月女 (Sōtome).

Sowa 宗和 Japanese
From 宗 (so) meaning "religion, sect, denomination, main point, origin, essence" and 和 (wa) meaning "harmony, Japanese style, peace, soften, Japan".

Suai Japanese

Suba 斯波, すば Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 斯波 (see Shiba).

Suda 須田, すだ Japanese
From Japanese 須 (su) meaning "mandatory, necessary" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Sudo 須藤, すどう Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese 須藤 (see Sudō).

Sudō 須藤, すどう Japanese
From Japanese 須 (su) meaning "mandatory, necessary" and 藤 (dō) meaning "wisteria".

Sudoh Japanese
Variant transcription of Sudo.

Sudou Japanese
Variant transcription of Sudo.

Sue Japanese

Suegara Japanese

Suegawa Japanese (Rare)
Variant of Suekawa.

Suekawa Japanese
Sue means "posterity, close, end, powder, tip" and kawa means "river, stream".

Suematsu 末松 Japanese
From 末 (batsu, matsu, sue) meaning "close, posterity, end, powder, tip" and 松 (matsu) meaning "pine".

Suenaga Japanese

Suenaga 末永, すえなが Japanese
From Japanese 末 (sue) meaning "tip, end, top" and 永 (naga) meaning "perpetual, eternal".

Sueno 末延, 末野, スエノ Japanese
This surname is used as either 末延 or 末野 with 末 (batsu, matsu, sue) meaning "close, end, posterity, powder, tip", 延 (en, no.basu, no.biru, no.be, no.beru) meaning "prolong, stretching" and 野 (sho, ya, no, no-) meaning "civilian life, field, plains, rustic."... [more]

Suenobu Japanese

Sueoka 末岡 Japanese
From the Japanese 末 (sue) "end" and 岡 (oka) "hill."

Suetsugu Japanese

Suetsuna Japanese

Suetsune Japanese
A notable bearer is the actress Sachiko Chijimatsu (1937-), who was born Sachiko Suetsune.

Sueyoshi Japanese

Sueyoshi 末吉, すえよし Japanese
From Japanese 末 (sue) meaning "tip, end, top" and 吉 (yoshi) meaning "good luck".

Suga 須賀 Japanese
From the Japanese 須 (su) "necessarily" and 賀 (ga or ka) "congratulation."

Sugabara Japanese
Variant of Sugahara.

Sugahara Japanese
Suga means "sedge" and hara means "plain, field".

Sugai Japanese

Sugai 菅井, すがい Japanese
From Japanese 菅 (suga) meaning "sedge" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".

Sugano 菅野 Japanese
From the Japanese 菅 (suga or kan) "sedge" and 野 (no) "field," "area." This name can also be read as Kanno.

Suganuma 菅沼, すがぬま Japanese
From Japanese 菅 (suga) meaning "sedge" and 沼 (numa) meaning "swamp, marsh".

Sugase 菅瀬 Japanese
From 菅 (suga) meaning "reed, sedge, rush" and 瀬 (se) meaning "rapids, shoal, ripple".

Sugatani Japanese
Suga means "sedge" and tani means "valley".

Sugawara 菅原 Japanese
From Japanese 菅 (suga) meaning "sedge" and 原 (wara) meaning "field".

Sugaya 菅谷, すがや Japanese
From Japanese 菅 (suga) meaning "sedge" and 谷 (ya) meaning "valley".

Sugida Japanese
Variant of Sugita.

Sugie 杉江, すぎえ Japanese
From Japanese 杉 (sugi) meaning "cedar" and 江 (e) meaning "bay, inlet".

Sugieda 杉枝 Japanese
杉 (Sugi) means "cedar" and 枝 (eda) means "branch, bought, twig".... [more]

Sugigai Japanese
Variant of Sugitani.

Sugigaya Japanese
Variant of Sugitani.

Sugihara 杉原 Japanese
From Japanese 杉 (sugi) meaning "cedar" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Sugiki Japanese
Sugi means "pine, fir tree" and ki means "tree, wood".

Sugimiya Japanese
"Pine tree shrine."

Sugimori 杉森 Japanese
杉 (Sugi) means "cedar tree" and 森 (mori) means "forest".

Suginaka Japanese
Sugi means "cedar" and naka means "middle".

Sugino 杉野 Japanese
From Japanese 杉 (sugi) meaning "cedar" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Sugio Japanese
"Pine tree tail."

Sugioka 杉岡 Japanese
From Japanese 杉 (sugi) meaning "cedar" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".

Sugisaka 杉坂, すぎさか Japanese
From Japanese 杉 (sugi) meaning "cedar" and 坂 (saka) meaning "slope".

Sugisaki 杉崎, すぎさき Japanese
From Japanese 杉 (sugi) meaning "cedar" and 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, promontory, peninsula".

Sugitani Japanese
Sugi means "cedar" and tani means "valley".... [more]

Sugiuchi Japanese
Sugi means "cedar" and uchi means "inside".

Sugiya Japanese
Variant of Sugitani.

Sugizaki 杉崎, すぎさき Japanese
Sugizaki (杉崎) can be translated out to (杉 = cedar; cryptomeria & 崎 = promontory; cape; spit) can be fully read as "Promontory of the cedar" it simply as "Cedar Promontory"

Sugo Japanese

Suguro Japanese

Suha 斯波, すは Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 斯波 (see Shiba).

Suichi Japanese
Su means "oil" and ichi means "market".

Suisenji Japanese

Sumeragi 皇, すめらぎ Japanese
From Japanese 皇 (sumeragi), script-changed from 皇木 (sumeragi), from 皇 (sumera), a sound-changed clipping of 皇華山 (Kōkasan) meaning "Kōka Mountain", a mountain in the area of Kitahanazawa in the city of Higashiōmi in the prefecture of Shiga in Japan, and 木 (gi), the joining form of 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood"... [more]

Sumida 住田, 隅田, すみだ Japanese
From Japanese 住 (sumi) meaning "dwelling, residence, abode" or 隅 (sumi) meaning "corner, nook" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Sumigai Japanese
Possibly from (ko) meaning "small" and 住 (sumi) meaning "residence, dwelling, abode" or 隅 (sumi) meaning "corner, nook.

Sumigaya Japanese

Sumikura Japanese
Sumi means "pure" and kura means "storehouse, warehouse".

Sumino Japanese

Sumisu スミス Japanese
This is the Japanese pronunciation of Smith

Sumita Japanese

Sumita 澄田, すみた Japanese
From Japanese 澄 (sumi) meaning "clear, pure" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Sumitani Japanese

Sumitomo 住友 Japanese
From Japanese 住 (sumi) meaning "living" and 友 (tomo) meaning "friend".

Sumiya Japanese

Sumiyoshi 住吉, すみよし Japanese
From Japanese 住 (sumi) meaning "dwelling, residence, abode" and 吉 (yoshi) meaning "good luck".

Sumura 須村 Japanese
From 須 (su) meaning "mandatory, necessary" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".

Sunabara 砂原, すなばら Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 砂原 (see Sunahara).

Sunabe Japanese

Sunada 砂田, すなだ Japanese
From Japanese 砂 (suna) meaning "sand" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Sunadori 漁 Japanese (Rare)
漁 (Sunadori) means "fishing".

Sunaga Japanese

Sunagawa 砂川, すながわ Japanese
From Japanese 砂 (suna) meaning "sand" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Sunahara 砂原, すなはら Japanese
From Japanese 砂 (suna) meaning "sand" and 原 (hara) meaning "meadow, plain, field".

Sunami 斯波, すなみ Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 斯波 (see Shiba).

Sunamoto Japanese
Suna means "sand" and moto means "origin, source, root".

Sunata Japanese

Suō 周防, すおう Japanese (Rare)
Derived from place name Suō.... [more]

Suoh Japanese

Suruga Japanese

Suruki Japanese

Suta Japanese

Suwa 諏訪, すわ Japanese
From Japanese 諏 (su) meaning "consult, confer" and 訪 (wa) meaning "visit, call on".

Suwa 斯波, すわ Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 斯波 (see Shiba).

Suwabe Japanese
A notable bearer is Junichi Suwabe, a singer and voice actor.

Suwada Japanese

Suwano Japanese

Suwata Japanese

Suyama 須山, すやま Japanese
From Japanese 須 (su) meaning "mandatory, necessary" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Suzu 鈴 Japanese
Means "bell" in Japanese.

Suzuda Japanese

Suzugai Japanese
Variant of Suzutani.

Suzugawa Japanese
Variant of Suzukawa.

Suzugaya Japanese
Variant of Suzutani.

Suzuhira Japanese
Suzu means "bell, chime" and hira means "peace, level, even".

Suzukawa Japanese
Suzu means "bell, chime" and kawa means "river, stream".

Suzukaze 涼風 Japanese
From Japanese 涼 (suzu) meaning "cool, refreshing" and 風 (kaze) meaning "wind".

Suzumiya Japanese (Rare)
Suzu means "chime, bell" and miya means "shrine".

Suzumoto Japanese
Suzu means "bell, chime" and moto means "base, source, root, origin".

Suzumura 錫村, 鈴村 Japanese
From Japanese 錫 (suzu) meaning "copper, tin" or 鈴 (suzu) meaning "bell" combined with 村 (mura) meaning "village, town". Other kanji combinations are possible. ... [more]

Suzumura 鈴村, すずむら Japanese
From Japanese 鈴 (suzu) meaning "bell" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".

Suzushiro 鈴城 Japanese
From 鈴 (suzu) meaning "bell, chime" and 城 (shiro) meaning "castle".

Suzuta Japanese

Suzutani Japanese (Rare)
Suzu means "bell, chime" and tani means "valley".

Suzuura Japanese
Suzu means "chime, bell" and ura means "bay, seacoast".

Suzuya Japanese (Rare)
This is the more commonly heard variation of Suzutani.

Syoukai Japanese

Syouki Japanese

Tabako Japanese (Rare)

Tabata Japanese

Tabata 田端, たばた Japanese
From Japanese 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" and 端 (hata) meaning "edge, end, tip".

Tabata 田畑, 田畠, たばた Japanese
From Japanese 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" and 畑 or 畠 (hata) meaning "farm, cropfield".

Tabeta 田端, 多部田 Japanese
In eastern Japan and the Ryūkyū Islands, its often written as 田 (ta) meaning "rice paddy, field" and 端 (beta) meaning "edge, end". However, tabe has also been spelled with 多 (ta) meaning "many" and 部 (be) meaning "part, section".

Tabi 多比, たび Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 多比 (Tabi) meaning "Tabi", an area in the city of Numazu in the prefecture of Shizuoka in Japan.

Tabida Japanese

Tabio Japanese

Tabira Japanese

Tabita Japanese

Tabuchi 田渕, 田淵, たぶち Japanese
From Japanese 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" and 渕 or 淵 (fuchi) meaning "abyss, edge, deep pool".

Tabukasa Japanese

Tabuse Japanese

Tachigawa Japanese
Variant of Tachikawa.

Tachikawa Japanese
Tachi means "stand" ad kawa means "river, stream".

Tachikura Japanese
Tachi means "stand" and kura means "granary, storehouse, warehouse, have, possess".

Tada 多田 Japanese
From the Japanese 多 (ta) "many" and 田 (ta or da) "rice paddy."

Tadanaga Japanese

Tadano 多田野, ただの Japanese
From Japanese 多 (ta) meaning "many", 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Tadano 只野, ただの Japanese
From Japanese 只 (tada) meaning "only, simply, just" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Tadayashiki 多田屋敷 Japanese (Rare)
Combination of Kanji Characters 多 meaning "many" and 田 meaning "rice field", and 屋 and 敷, 屋敷 meaning "great house".

Tadokoro 田所 Japanese
Tadokoro literally means "farmland, country". It is spelled with 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" and 所 (dokoro) meaning "place, institute, plant, station".

Taenaka Japanese

Tafu 多布, たふ Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 多布 (Tafu) meaning "Tafu", a former township in the former district of Kōge in the former Japanese province of Buzen in parts of present-day Ōita, Japan and Fukuoka, Japan.

Tagami Japanese

Tagashira 田頭 Japanese
From 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" combined with 頭 (hashira) meaning "head, brain".

Tagawa 田川 Japanese (Rare)
Tagawa means "ricefield river"

Taguchi 田口 Japanese
From Japanese 田 (ta) meaning "field" and 口 (kuchi) meaning "mouth, entrance".

Tahara 田原 Japanese
From Japanese 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Tahi 多斐, たひ Japanese (Rare)
Variant of Tabi, but written 多斐 and pronounced differently.

Tai 泰, たい Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 泰 (tai) meaning "peaceful".

Taida Japanese

Taira たいら Japanese
Meaning "peace". Together with the Fujiwara and Minamoto, this is one of the most prominent clans in Japanese history... [more]

Taita Japanese

Tajima 田島, 田嶋 Japanese
From Japanese 田 (ta) meaning "field" and 島 or 嶋 (shima) meaning "island".

Tajiri 田尻, タジリ Japanese
From Japanese 田 (ta) meaning "paddy, field" combined with 尻 (shiri) "behind, end, rear".

Taka Japanese
From Japanese taka, meaning "high, tall". Other kanji combinations are also possible.

Takabe 高部, たかべ Japanese
From Japanese 高 (taka) meaning "tall, high" and 部 (be) meaning "part, section".

Takada 高田 Japanese
From Japanese 高 (taka) meaning "tall, high" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Takafuji 高藤, たかふじ Japanese
From Japanese 高 (taka) meaning "high" and 藤 (fuji) meaning "wisteria".

Takagahara Japanese

Takagai Japanese

Takagaki 高垣, たかがき Japanese
From Japanese 高 (taka) meaning "high" and 垣 (gaki) meaning "fence".

Takagami Japanese

Takagaya Japanese

Takagi 高木 Japanese
From Japanese 高 (taka) meaning "tall, high" and 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood".

Takagiri 高桐 Japanese
高 (Taka) means "high, tall, expensive" and giri is a variant of 桐 (Kiri) meaning "foxglove, paulownia tree".... [more]

Takahama Japanese
Taka means "tall, high, expensive" and hama means "beach".

Takahara 高原 Japanese
From Japanese 高 (taka) meaning "tall, high" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Takahata 高畑 Japanese
高 (Taka) means "expensive, tall, high" and 畑 (hata) means "field, farmland".... [more]

Takahide Japanese (Rare)
Taka means "eagle" such as in surname "Takasu" but more commonly means "tall,high" instead. Hide means "fine,excellence". This must be one of the very few Japanese surnames that has "Hide" in it. It is mostly just a first name element... [more]

Takahoshi Japanese
From Japanese 高 (Taka) meaning "tall, high" and 星 (Hoshi) meaning "star" or other kanji with the same pronunciation.

Takai 高井 Japanese
From the Japanese 高 (taka) "high," "expensive" and 井 (i) "well."

Takaishi 高石 Japanese
From Japanese 高 (taka) meaning "tall, high" and 石 (ishi) meaning "stone".

Takakeishō Japanese

Takaki Japanese
Taka means "high" and ki means "wood, tree".

Takaku Japanese

Takakura Japanese

Takakura 高倉, たかくら Japanese
From Japanese 高 (taka) meaning "tall, high" and 倉 (kura) meaning "granary, storehouse".

Takakuwa 高桑 Japanese
From the Japanese 高 (taka) "high," "tall," "expensive" and 桑 (kuwa) "mulberry tree."

Takamachi 高町 Japanese
A surname of Japanese origin. It means "high town". Notable bearers are Nanoha Takamachi from Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha, and Shiro and Miyuki Takamachi from Triangle Heart 3: Sweet Songs Forever.

Takamaki 高巻 Japanese
From Japanese 高 (taka) meaning "tall, high" and 巻 (maki) meaning "scroll, book, roll up, tie" or 高巻 (takamaki) meaning "to detour around a waterfall"

Takamaru 高丸, タカマル Japanese
This surname is used as 高丸 with 高 (kou, taka.i, taka, -daka, taka.maru, taka.meru) meaning "expensive, high, tall" and 丸 (gan, maru, maru.i, maru.meru) meaning "curl up, explain away, full, make round, month, perfection, pills, roll up, round, seduce."... [more]

Takamatsu 高松 Japanese
From Japanese 高 (taka) meaning "tall, high" and 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree".

Takami Japanese
Taka means "High, Tall, Expensive" and Mi means "Viewing, See, Outlook".

Takamine Japanese
Tákats means "high, expensive" and mine means "peak".

Takamitsu Japanese
"Taka" is high or tall, "Mitsu" is light (as in sunlight, lightbulb). This is a rare family name in Japan. It was created by a family within that last century, but strangely enough a couple other families with no blood relation have showed up with that surname within the last 20 years in the Japanese phonebook.

Takamiya 高宮 Japanese
From Japanese 高 (taka) meaning "tall, high" and 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace".

Takamizu Japanese

Takamori 高森, たかもり Japanese
From Japanese 高 (taka) meaning "tall, high" and 森 (mori) meaning "forest".

Takamoto 高本 Japanese
From Japanese 高 (taka) meaning "tall, high" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".