Japanese Submitted Surnames

Tsuboda Japanese

Tsubogawa Japanese
Variant of Tsubokawa.

Tsuboi 坪井, 壺井, 壷井 Japanese
From Japanese 坪 (tsubo) referring to a traditional unit of length or 壺 or 壷 (tsubo) meaning "container, pot, jar" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine".

Tsubokawa Japanese

Tsubosaka Japanese

Tsubota Japanese

Tsubouchi Japanese

Tsuburako 円子 Japanese (Rare)
From 円 (tsubura) meaning "round, circle" and 子 (ko) meaning "child, sign of the rat".

Tsuburaya 円谷, つぶらや Japanese
From Japanese 円 (tsubura) meaning "circle, round" and 谷 (ya) meaning "valley".

Tsuchida 土田, 槌田, 土多, 槌多, 津知田 Japanese
From the Japanese 土 (tsuchi) "earth," "soil," 槌 (tsuchi) "mallet" or 津 (tsu) "harbour" and 知 (chi) "wisdom," "intellect" and 田 (da or ta) "rice paddy" or 多 (da or ta) "many."

Tsuchii Japanese
A variant reading of Doi.

Tsuchita Japanese

Tsuchiya 土屋, 土谷 Japanese
From Japanese 土 (tsuchi) meaning "earth, soil, ground" and 屋 (ya) meaning "roof, dwelling" or 谷 (ya) meaning "valley".

Tsuchiyama 土山, つちやま Japanese
From Japanese 土 (tsuchi) meaning "earth, soil, ground" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill". Other Kanji combinations are possible.

Tsuda 津田, つだ Japanese
From Japanese 津 (tsu) meaning "port, harbour" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Tsudzuki 仲, つづき Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 仲 (see Naka).

Tsudzumi 鼓, 都積, ツヅミ Japanese (Rare)
This surname is used as either 鼓 or 都積 with 鼓 (ko, tsudzumi) meaning "beat, drum, muster, rouse", 都 (tsu, to, miyako) meaning "capital, metropolis" and 積 (seki, tsu.mu, tsu.mori, tsu.moru, -dzu.mi) meaning "acreage, amass, contents, load, pile, up, stack, volume."... [more]

Tsudzuri 綴, つづり Japanese (Rare)
This surname is be used as 綴 (getsu, tei, techi, tetsu, sumi.yaka, tsudzuri, tsudzu.ru, to.jiru) meaning "bind (books), compose, spell, write."... [more]

Tsuga Japanese
Tsu means "seaport, harbor" and ga could come from ka meaning "congratulation" or "add, increase".

Tsugaru つがる, 津軽 Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 津 (tsu) meaning "port, harbor" and 軽 (garu) meaning "light".... [more]

Tsugawa ツガワ, 津川 Japanese
From 津 (tsu) meaning "ferry, port, harbor" and 川 (kawa) meaning "stream, river".

Tsuge 告 Japanese
From the Japanese 告 (tsuge) "tell."

Tsugu Japanese (Rare)
Taugu means "sucession, inherit, continue".

Tsugue Japanese
Tsu means "harbor, seaport", gu comes from ku meaning "longevity, long time ago", and e means "family, house, residence".

Tsugunaga 嗣永, つぐなが Japanese

Tsuguno Japanese
Tsugu means "inherit, sucession" and no means "field, wilderness".

Tsuihiji 対比地, ついひじ Japanese
Tsuihiji (対比地) is translated as (vis-a-vis; opposite; even; equal; versus; anti-; compare | compare; race; ratio; Philippines | ground; earth) and could be directly translated as "Contrasting Ground"

Tsuji 辻 Japanese
From Japanese 辻 (tsuji) meaning "crossroad".

Tsujiai Japanese

Tsujibayashi 辻林, ツジバヤシ Japanese
From 辻 (tsuji) meaning "crossroad, intersection" and 林 (hayashi) meaning "woods, grove".

Tsujida Japanese

Tsujihara 辻原 Japanese
From the Japanese 辻 (tsuji) "{road} crossing" and 原 (hara, bara or wara) "field," "plain," "original."

Tsujii 辻井 Japanese
From the Japanese 辻 (tsuji) "{road} crossing" and 井 (i) "well."

Tsujimoto 辻本, 辻元, ツジモト Japanese
From Japanese 辻 (tsuji) meaning "crossroad" and 本 or 元 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".

Tsujimura 辻村 Japanese
From Japanese 辻 (tsuji) meaning "crossroad" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".

Tsujino 辻野, つじの Japanese
From Japanese 辻 (tsuji) meaning "crossroad" and 野 (no) meaning "field, civilian".

Tsujita 辻田 Japanese
From the Japanese 辻 (tsuji) "{road} crossing" and 田 (ta or da) "rice paddy."

Tsujiura Japanese (Rare)
Tsuji means "crossroad" and ura means "bay, coast". ... [more]

Tsukabara Japanese
Variant of Tsukahara.

Tsukada 塚田, つかだ Japanese
From Japanese 塚 (tsuka) meaning "hillock, mound" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Tsukagoshi Japanese

Tsukahara Japanese

Tsukamoto 塚本, 柄本 Japanese
From Japanese 塚 (tsuka) meaning "mound, hillock" or 柄 (tsuka) meaning "design, pattern" or "handle, hilt" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".

Tsukano Japanese

Tsukasa 宰務, つかさ Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 宰務 (see Saimu).

Tsukasa 司, 宰, つかさ Japanese
From Japanese 司 (tsukasa) meaning "official; director; manager".... [more]

Tsukasa 塚狭, つかさ Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 塚 (tsuka) meaning "mound; hillock; tumulus" and 狭 (sa) meaning "narrow; small", referring to a cramped up area with a small hill.

Tsukasako Japanese

Tsukata Japanese

Tsukauchi 塚内 Japanese
From Japanese 塚 (tsuka) meaning "mound" and 内 (uchi) meaning "inside, within"

Tsukawara Japanese
Variant of Tsukahara.

Tsukiboshi Japanese

Tsukida 舂田, つきだ Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 舂田 (see Tsukita).

Tsukigata 月形 Japanese
月 (Tsuki) means "month, moon" and 形 (gata) means "shape, form, type".

Tsukihara 月原 Japanese
From Japanese 月 (tsuki) meaning means "moon, month" and 原 (hara) means "origin, source, foundation".

Tsukii Japanese
Tsuki means "moon, month" and i means "well, mineshaft."

Tsukijishin 築地新, つきじしん Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 築地新 (Tsukijishin) meaning "Tsukijishin", a name of a group of several households for the Kadowari System that took place in the Edo Period in the former Japanese province of Satsuma in parts of present-day Kagoshima, Japan.

Tsukimi 月見 Japanese
From 月 (tsuki) meaning "moon, month" and 見 (mi) meaning "outlook, view, mindset". ... [more]

Tsukimoto 月本 Japanese
月 (Tsuki) means "moon, month" and 本 (moto) meets "origin, root, source".

Tsukino Japanese
Means ''of the moon'' in Japanese. A famous bearer of this surname would be Usagi Tsukino in the show Sailor Moon.

Tsukinomiya Japanese
Tsuki means "moon, month", no is a possesive article, and miya means "shrine".

Tsukioka 月岡 Japanese
From Japanese 月 (tsuki) meaning "moon" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge". A notable bearer of this surname was Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (月岡 芳年, 1839–1892), a Japanese artist who is widely recognized as the last great master of the ukiyo-e genre of woodblock printing and painting.

Tsukishima 月島 Japanese
The character 月 means moon or month, and is pronounced “tsuki.” The character 島 means island and is pronounced either “shima” or “jima.”

Tsukishiro Japanese
Tsuki means "month, moon" and shiro means "castle".

Tsukita 舂田, つきた Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 舂 (tsuki), from 舂き (tsuki), the continuative form of 舂く (tsuku) meaning "to grind with a mortar" and 田 (ta) meaning "rice paddy field", referring to a rice paddy field where they would grind grain with mortars.

Tsukiyama 築山 Japanese
From Japanese 築 (tsuki) meaning "fabricate, build, construct" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill".

Tsukiyomi Japanese
Means 'moon god' or something like that.

Tsukizue Japanese
Variant of Tsukisue.

Tsukune 築根 Japanese (Rare)
Possibly from 築 (tsuku) meaning "construction, building" and 根 (ne) meaning "root, basis, foundation".

Tsukushi Japanese
Tsukushi means "horsetail plant". It is also a given name.

Tsukuta Japanese

Tsumagari Japanese

Tsumiki Japanese
Tsu could mean "harbor, seaport", mi could mean "sign of the snake, ego, I, myself" and ki means "tree, wood".

Tsumura 津村 Japanese
From Japanese 津 (tsu) meaning "port, harbour" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".

Tsumuraya 津村谷 Japanese
From Japanese 津 (tsu) meaning "port, harbour", 村 (mura) meaning "town, village", and 谷 (ya) meaning "valley".

Tsunami 津波, つなみ Japanese
From Japanese 津 (tsu) meaning "port, harbour" and 波 (nami) meaning "wave".

Tsunashima 綱島, つなしま Japanese
From Japanese 綱 (tsuna) meaning "rope, cable, cord" and 島 (shima) meaning "island".

Tsunedomi 恒冨 Japanese
From 恒 (tsune) meaning "constant, always, regular, bow", combined with 冨 (tomi) meaning "wealth, abundance, riches".

Tsunekawa 恒川, つねかわ Japanese
From Japanese 恒 (tsune) meaning "constant, persistent" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Tsuneki Japanese

Tsunematsu 恒松, 常松 Japanese
From the Japanese 恒 (tsune) "constant" or 常 (tsune) "always" and 松 (matsu) "pine tree."

Tsunemi Japanese
Tsune can mean "constant" or "always" and mi means "see, outlook, viewpoint" .

Tsuneyama Japanese

Tsuneyuki Japanese

Tsunogae Japanese
Tsuno means "corner, point" and gae is a form of kae meaning "substitute, exchange".... [more]

Tsunoi 角井 Japanese
From the Japanese 角 (tsuno) "horn" and 井 (i) "well."

Tsunota Japanese

Tsuraoka Japanese

Tsuru 都留 Japanese
From 都 (tsu) meaning "harbor, port" and 留 (ru) meaning "detain, halt, stop, cease".

Tsurubami 鶴喰, つるばみ Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 鶴喰 (Tsurubami) meaning "Tsurubami", an area in the city of Rokunohe in the district of Kamikita in the prefecture of Aomori in Japan.... [more]

Tsurube 喜熨斗 Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Kinoshi.

Tsuruda Japanese

Tsuruga 敦賀, ツルガ Japanese
From Japanese 敦 (tsuru) meaning "kindness, honesty" and 賀 (ga) meaning "congratulations". Other combinations of kanji characters can also form this name.

Tsurugi Japanese
Means “crane” in Japanese

Tsuruhami 鶴喰, つるはみ Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 鶴喰 (see Tsurubami).

Tsuruhashi 鶴橋 Japanese
From Japanese 鶴 (tsuru) meaning "crane" combined with 橋 (hashi) meaning "bridge".

Tsuruki Japanese
From Japanese 鶴 (tsuru) "crane (bird)" and 木 (ki) "tree, wood".

Tsurumaki 弦巻 Japanese
From Japanese 弦 (tsuru) meaning "bowstring, chord" and 巻 (maki) meaning "scroll, volume".

Tsurumi Japanese

Tsurumori Japanese

Tsuruoka 鶴岡, つるおか Japanese
From Japanese 鶴 (tsuru) meaning "crane (bird)" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".

Tsuruta 鶴田, つるた Japanese
From Japanese 鶴 (tsuru) meaning "crane (bird)" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Tsuryu 釣流, 鉤流, つりゅう Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 釣流 or 鉤流 (see Tsuryū).

Tsuryū 釣流, 鉤流, つりゅう Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 釣 (tsu), from 釣り (tsuri) meaning "fishing; angling" and 流 (ryū) meaning "flow of water, style", referring to a fisher.... [more]

Tsuryuh 釣流, 鉤流, つりゅう Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 釣流 or 鉤流 (see Tsuryū).

Tsuryuu 釣流, 鉤流, つりゅう Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 釣流 or 鉤流 (see Tsuryū).

Tsushima Japanese

Tsutena Japanese

Tsutsugo Japanese

Tsutsui Japanese
A notable bearer is Julie Tsutsui, a producer.

Tsutsumi 堤 Japanese
From the Japanese 堤 (tsutsumi) "river, embankment, riverbank."

Tsuuki Japanese

Tsuyama Japanese

Tsuyuguchi Japanese

Tsuyuki 露木, つゆき Japanese
From Japanese 露 (tsuyu) meaning "dewdrop" and 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood".

Tsuyumine 露峰 Japanese
From 露 (tsuyu) meaning "dewdrop" and 峰 (mine) meaning "summit, peak".

Tsuyumoto 露本, 露元, つゆもと Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 露 (tsuyu) meaning "dew; dewdrop" and 本 (moto) meaning "base; root; origin".

Tsuzuki 都築 Japanese
From the Japanese 都 (tsu) "metropolis," "capital" and 築 (zuki) "since construction."

Tsuzuki 仲, つづき Japanese
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 仲 (see Tsudzuki).

Tsuzuko Japanese

Tsuzumi Japanese

Tsuzuno Japanese
Tsuzu means "Twenty" and No means "Feild, Wilderness".

Tsuzurugi Japanese (Rare)
From 綴 (tsuzuru) meaning "bind, compose, spell, write" and 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood".

Uba 姥, うば Japanese
From Japanese 姥 (Uba) meaning "Uba", a division in the division of Akougi in the area of Kasasa in the city of Minamisatsuma in the prefecture of Kagoshima in Japan.

Ubukata 生方, 冲方 Japanese
From 生 (ubu) meaning "life, live, raw, fresh" or 冲 (ubu) meaning "offing, open sea" and 方 (kata) meaning "person, alternative, square, direction".

Ubushiro 天宮城, うぶしろ Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 天宮城 (see Ugushiro).

Uchiai Japanese
Uchi means "inside" and ai means "together, join", "indigo" or "love, affection".

Uchibara Japanese
Variant of Uchihara.

Uchida 内田 Japanese
From Japanese 内 (uchi) meaning "inside" and 田 (ta) meaning "field".

Uchide 内出 Japanese
From 内 (uchi) meaning "inside" and 出 (de) meaning "exit".

Uchiha Japanese
This is the last name of the anime character, Uchiha Sasuke.

Uchihara 内原 Japanese
From Japanese 内 (uchi) meaning "inside" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Uchihashi Japanese
Uchi means "inside" and hashi means "bridge".

Uchii Japanese
Uchi means "inside" and i means "well, pit, mineshaft".

Uchima 内間 Japanese
From Japanese 内 (uchi) meaning "inside" and 間 (ma) meaning "among, between".

Uchimaru Japanese

Uchino 内野 Japanese
From 内 (uchi) meaning "inside" and 野 (no) meaning "field, plain".

Uchio うちお, 内尾 Japanese
From 内 (uchi) meaning "inside" and 尾 (o) meaning "tail, foot of the mountain, end".

Uchisawa Japanese
Uchi means "inside" and sawa means "swamp, marsh".

Uchita Japanese

Uchiumi Japanese
Uchi means "inside" and umi means "sea, ocean".

Uchiwara Japanese
Variant of Uchihara.

Uchizawa Japanese
Variant of Uchisawa.

Uda 宇田, うだ Japanese
From Japanese 宇 (u) meaning "eaves, roof, house" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Udagawa 宇田川, うたがわ Japanese
From Japanese 宇 (u) meaning "eaves, roof, house", 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Udakawa Japanese

Udo Japanese
From 有 (u) meaning "posession, existing, having" and 働 (do) meaning "work, labor, toil."

Uebara Japanese
Variant of Uehara.... [more]

Uebayashi 上林 Japanese
From 上 (ue) meaning "above, top, upper" and 林 (hayashi) meaning "forest".

Uegami Japanese
Variant of Uekami.

Uegawa Japanese
Variant of Uekawa.

Uehigashi 上東 Japanese

Uehira Japanese

Uekawa 上川, うえかわ Japanese
From Japanese 上 (ue) meaning "above, top, upper" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Ueki 植木, うえき Japanese
From Japanese 植 (ue) meaning "plant" and 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood".

Uekusa 植草 Japanese
From Japanese 植 (ue) meaning "plant" and 草 (kusa) meaning "grass, herb".

Uematsu 植松, うえまつ Japanese
From Japanese 植 (ue) meaning "plant" and 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree".

Uemon Japanese (Rare)

Uemori Japanese

Uemoto 上本, うえもと Japanese
From Japanese 上 (ue) meaning "above, top, upper" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".

Uemura 上村, 植村 Japanese
From Japanese 上 (ue) meaning "above, top, upper" or 植 (ue) meaning "plant" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".

Uenohara Japanese

Uenosono 上の園 Japanese
From 上 (ue) meaning "top, upper, above", ノ or の (no) being a possessive particle, and 園 (sono) meaning "garden, plantation, orchard".

Uenoyama Japanese

Ueo Japanese

Ueoka 上岡, うえおか Japanese
From Japanese 上 (ue) meaning "above, top, upper" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".

Uesaka Japanese
Ue means "upper, top, above" and saka means "hill, slope".... [more]

Uesato Japanese

Ueshiba Japanese

Ueshita Japanese
Ue means "upper, top, above" and shita means "below, under".

Ueta Japanese
Variant transcription of Ueda.

Ueto 上戸 Japanese
From 上 (ue) meaning "top, upper, above" and 戸 (to) meaning "door".

Uetsuka Japanese
Ue means "above, upper" and tsuka means "mound".

Uewara Japanese
Variant of Uehara.... [more]

Ueyama 上山, うえやま Japanese
From Japanese 上 (ue) meaning "above, top, upper" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Ueyanagi 上柳, うえやなぎ Japanese
From Japanese 上 (ue) meaning "above, top, upper" and 柳 (yanagi) meaning "willow".

Uezaka Japanese
Variant of Uesaka.

Uezato Japanese
Variant of Uesato.

Uezuka Japanese
Variant of Uetsuka.

Ugumori 鵜久森, 鷠森, うぐもり Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 鵜久森 (Ugumori) meaning "Ugumori", a division in the area of Miyakubo in the city of Imabari in the prefecture of Ehime in Japan.... [more]

Ugushiro 天宮城, うぐしろ Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 天宮城 (Ugushiro) meaning "Ugu Castle", a castle that was possibly somewhere in the present-day city of Fukuyama in the prefecture of Hiroshima in Japan.

Ui Japanese

Uigawa Japanese
Variant of Uikawa.

Uiji Japanese

Uikawa Japanese

Uisawa Japanese

Uizawa Japanese
Variant of Uisawa.

Ujigai Japanese

Ujigaya Japanese

Ujihara Japanese

Ujiie 氏家, うじいえ Japanese
From Japanese 氏 (uji) meaning "family, clan" and 家 (ie) menaing "house, home".

Ujitani Japanese

Ujiya Japanese

Ukai 鵜飼, うかい Japanese
From Japanese 鵜 (u) meaning "cormorant (a type of bird)" and 飼 (kai) meaning "domesticate, raise".

Uki Japanese

Ukiyo 浮世, うきよ Japanese (Rare)
From 浮世 (ukiyo) meaning "fleeting life, floating world​," referring to the urban lifestyle, especially the pleasure-seeking aspects, of Edo period (1603-1868) Japan.... [more]

Ukumori 鵜久森, うくもり Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 鵜久森 (see Ugumori).

Umabe 馬部 Japanese
From Japanese 馬部 (umabe), a shortened word for 馬飼部 (umakaibe) meaning "horse feeding department".

Umajiri Japanese (Rare)
Uma means "horse" and jiri is a corruption of shiri meaning "behind, end, rear".

Umakoshi 馬越, うまこし Japanese
From Japanese 馬 (uma) meaning "horse" and 越 (koshi) meaning "pass, through, over".

Umanodan 馬ノ段, 馬之段, うまのだん Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 馬 (uma) meaning "horse", ノ (no), a possessive particle, and 段 (dan) meaning "step", referring to a place with horses and a stepped landscape.... [more]

Umebayashi 梅林 Japanese
From 梅 (ume) meaning "Japanese apricot, plum" and 林 (hayashi) meaning "woods, grove". Other kanji combinations can be used.

Umeda 梅田 Japanese
From Japanese 梅 (ume) meaning "plum" and 田 (ta) meaning "field".

Umegaki 梅垣, 楳垣, うめがき Japanese
From Japanese 梅 or 楳 (ume) meaning "prunus mume" and 垣 (gaki) meaning "fence", referring to a fence with a family crest of prunus mume patterns.

Umehana 梅花 Japanese
From 梅 (ume) meaning "plum" combined with 花 (hana, ka) meaning "flower, blossom".

Umehara 梅原 Japanese
From Japanese 梅 (ume) meaning "plum" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Umekawa Japanese
Ume means "plum" and kawa means "stream, river".

Umeki Japanese
"Plum tree".

Umekita 梅北 Japanese
From 梅 (ume) meaning "plum" and 北 (kita) meaning "north".

Umemoto うめもと, 梅本 Japanese
From Japanese 梅 (ume) meaning "apricot, plum" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".

Umemura 梅村, うめむら Japanese
From Japanese 梅 (ume) meaning "apricot, plum" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".

Umeno Japanese
Ume means "plum" and no means "field, wilderness, plain".

Umesaki 梅咲 Japanese
From Japanese 梅 (ume) meaning "plum" combined with 咲 (saki) meaning "blossom".

Umesawa 梅沢, 梅澤, うめさわ Japanese
From Japanese 梅 (ume) meaning "apricot, plum" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "swamp, wetland, marsh".

Umeta Japanese

Umetsu Japanese

Umezaki Japanese
Variant of Umesaki.

Umezawa 梅沢, 梅澤 Japanese
From Japanese 梅 (ume) meaning "plum" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Umezu 梅津, うめづ Japanese
From Japanese 梅 (ume) meaning "apricot, plum" and 津 (zu) meaning "port, harbour".

Umon 右門, 宇門, ウモン Japanese (Rare)
This surname combines 右 (u, yuu, migi) meaning "right" or 宇 (u) meaning "eaves, heaven, house, roof" with 門 (mon, kado, to) meaning "gate."... [more]

Unabara 海原 Japanese
From Japanese 海 (una) meaning "sea" and 原 (bara) meaning "meadow".

Unagi 宇那木, うなぎ Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 宇 (u) meaning "eaves; roof; house; building" or "whole world; universe" and 梛 (nagi) meaning "nageia nagi".

Unagi 鰻, うなぎ Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 鰻 (Unagi) meaning "Unagi", a division in the area of Yamagawanarikawa in the city of Ibusuki in the prefecture of Kagoshima in Japan.

Unagi 鰻, うなぎ Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 鰻 (unagi) meaning "eel".

Unaki 宇那木, うなき Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 宇那木 (see Unagi 2).

Unami 海南, うなみ Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 海南 (unami), a contraction of 海南 (unanami), from 海 (una-) meaning "of the sea; of the ocean" and 南 (nami) meaning "south".

Une Japanese (Rare, ?)

Unno 海野, うんの Japanese
From Japanese 海 (un) meaning "sea, ocean" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Uno 宇野, うの Japanese
From Japanese 宇 (u) meaning "house, eaves, universe" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Unuma Japanese

Uomizu Japanese

Uoto Japanese

Uozumi Japanese

Ura Japanese
Ura means "bay, seacoast".

Urabane Japanese

Urabata Japanese

Urabe Japanese

Urada Japanese

Urahane Japanese (Rare)
Ura means "bay, seacoast" and hane means "feather, plume".

Urahata Japanese
Ura means "bay, creek, inlet, beach, gulf, seacoast" and hata means "field".

Urai Japanese
Ura means "seacoast, bay" and i means "well, pit, mineshaft".

Uraki Japanese

Uramoto 浦本 Japanese
From 浦 (ura) meaning "seacoast, bay" and 本 (moto) meaning "source, origin, root". ... [more]

Uraoka Japanese (Rare)
Ura means "bay, seacoast" and oka means "hill, ridge".

Urasaki 浦崎, うらさき Japanese
From Japanese 浦 (ura) meaning "bay, inlet" and 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, promontory, peninsula".

Urasawa Japanese
Ura means "seacoast, bay" and sawa means "swamp, marsh".

Urasawa 浦沢, うらさわ Japanese
From Japanese 浦 (ura) meaning "bay, inlet" and 沢 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Urashima Japanese

Urata 浦田 Japanese
From Japanese 浦 (ura) meaning "bay, inlet" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Uratsuji 浦辻 Japanese (Rare)
Uratsuji means "Inlet/rivermouth crossroad"

Urayama 浦山 Japanese
From Japanese 浦 (ura) meaning "bay, inlet" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill".

Urazawa Japanese
Variant of Urasawa.

Urushibara Japanese
A variant of Urushihara.

Urushihara 漆原 Japanese (Rare)
漆 (Urushi) means "lacquer/lacker, varnish" and 原 (hara) means "plain, field".

Urushima Japanese

Urushimakka 漆真下, 漆眞下, うるしまっか Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 漆 (urushi) meaning "toxicodendron vernicifluum", 真下 (makka) meaning "(literally) down; below; beneath", referring to low lands.

Urushimatsuka 漆眞下, うるしまつか Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 漆眞下 (see Urushimakka).

Urushino Japanese
Urushi means "lacker/lacquer" and no means "field, plain".

Urushiwara Japanese
A variant of Urushihara.

Urushiyama 漆山, うるしやま Japanese
From Japanese 漆 (urushi) meaning "lacquer" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Urushizaki 漆崎, 漆﨑, うるしざき Japanese
From Japanese 漆 (urushi) meaning "lacquer" and 崎/﨑 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula".

Usada Japanese

Usami 宇佐美, うさみ Japanese
From Japanese 宇 (u) meaning "house, eaves, roof", 佐 (sa) meaning "help, aid" and 美 (mi) meaning "beautiful".

Usata Japanese

Ushi Japanese

Ushida 牛田, うしだ Japanese
From Japanese 牛 (ushi) meaning "cow" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Ushijima 牛島, うしじま Japanese
From Japanese 牛 (ushi) meaning "cow, bull, ox" and 島 (shima) meaning "island".

Ushio 牛尾 Japanese
From 牛 (ushi) meaning "cow, bull, ox" and 尾 (o) meaning "tail, end".

Ushisawa 牛澤, 牛沢 Japanese
From 牛 (ushi) meaning "cow, bull, ox, 2nd sign of the Chinese zodiac" and 澤 or 沢 (sawa) meaning "marsh, swamp".

Ushishima Japanese
Ushi means "cow, bull, ox, second sign of the Chinese zodiac" and shima means "island".

Ushito Japanese

Ushiyama 牛山, うしやま Japanese
From Japanese 牛 (ushi) meaning "cow" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill". Ushiyama is an area in the city of Kasugai, Japan.

Ushizawa 牛澤, 牛沢 Japanese
Variant of Ushisawa.

Usuda Japanese

Usui 臼井, 碓井,うすい Japanese
From Japanese 臼 (usu) meaning "millstone, mortar" or 碓 (usu) meaning "pestle" combined with 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".

Usuki Japanese

Uta Japanese

Utada うただ Japanese

Utagawa Japanese
Uta means "song" and Gawa comes from Kawa, meaning "river".

Utakawa Japanese
Uta means "song" and kawa means "river, stream".

Utamura Japanese
Uta means "song, poem" and mura means "village, hamlet".

Utsugi 宇次, 宇津城, 宇津木, 宇都城, 宇都木 Japanese
Utsugi can be written in 15 ways, them being: 宇ツ木, 宇次, 宇津城, 宇津木, 宇都城, 宇都木, 卯都木, 卯木, 空木, 槍, 打木, 梼木, 楊盧木, 擣木, 棯. The 宇津木 and 打木 are also place names while 空木 is also a female given name... [more]

Utsumi Japanese

Utsunomiya 宇都宮, 宇津宮, ウツノミヤ Japanese
This surname is used as either 宇都宮 or 宇津宮 with 宇 (u) meaning "eaves, heaven, house, roof", 都 (tsu, to, miyako) meaning "capital, metropolis", 津 (shin, tsu) meaning "ferry, harbour, haven, port" and 宮 (kyuu, ku, kuu, guu, miya) meaning "constellations, palace, princess, Shinto shrine."... [more]

Utsunomiya 宇都宮, うつのみや Japanese
From Japanese 宇 (u) meaning "house, eaves, universe", 都 (tsu) meaning "city", and 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace".

Uwano Japanese

Uyama Japanese

Uyeda Japanese
Variant of Ueda.

Uyehara Japanese
Variant transcription of Uehara.

Uyeno Japanese
Variant of Ueno.

Uyesugi 上杉, うえすぎ Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 上杉 (see Uesugi).

Uyeta Japanese
Variant transcription of Ueta.

Uzaki 宇崎 Japanese, Popular Culture
From Japanese, 宇 (u) meaning "world, universe, space" combined with 崎 (zaki) meaning "cape, peninsula". A fictional bearer of this surname is Hana Uzaki (宇崎 花) from Uzaki~chan Wants to Hang Out! (宇崎ちゃんは遊びたい！).

Uzumaki 渦巻, 太巻, ウズマキ Japanese (Rare)
This name combines 渦 (ka, uzu) meaning "eddy, vortex, whirlpool" or 太 (ta, tai, futo.i, futo.ru) meaning "big around, plump, thick" with 巻 (kan, ken, maki, ma.ki, ma.ku) meaning "book, coil, part, roll up, scroll, tie, volume, wind up."... [more]

Vatanabe 渡邊, 渡辺 Japanese (Russified)
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.

Waga Japanese
Waga means "young".

Wagahara Japanese
Waga is possibly from waka meaning "young" and hara means "plain, field".

Wagatoki Japanese
Waga means "young" and toki means "time".

Wagatsuma Japanese
Waga mean "young" and tsuma means "wife".

Wajima Japanese
A variant of Washima.... [more]