Browse Submitted Surnames

Toyosaki 豊崎, とよさき Japanese
From Japanese 豊 (toyo) meaning "bountiful, luxuriant" and 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula".

Toyotomi 豊臣 Japanese
From 豊 (toyo) meaning "abundant, plentiful" and 臣 (tomi) meaning "vassal, subject".

Toyozaki Japanese
Variant of Toyosaki.

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."

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".

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]

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"

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

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.

Tsukizue Japanese
Variant of Tsukisue.

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

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

Tsuraoka Japanese

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

Tsushima Japanese

Tsutsugo Japanese

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

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

Uchibara Japanese
Variant of Uchihara.

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

Uchimaru Japanese

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

Uchiwara Japanese
Variant of Uchihara.

Uchizawa Japanese
Variant of Uchisawa.

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

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

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.

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]

Urashima Japanese

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

Urushima Japanese

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

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

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".

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.

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.

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

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

Wakagaya Japanese
Variant of Wakatani.

Wakamiya Japanese
Waka means "young" and miya means "shrine, palace, temple".

Wakamoto 若本 Japanese
From Japanese 若 meaning "young" and 本 meaning "base, root, origin".

Wakasugi 若杉, わかすぎ Japanese
From Japanese 若 (waka) meaning "young" and 杉 (sugi) meaning "cedar".

Wakatani Japanese
Waka means "young" and tani means "valley".

Wakawada Japanese

Wakayama 若山, わかやま Japanese
From Japanese 若 (waka) meaning "young" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Wakazuki Japanese
Variant of Wakatsuki.

Wakisaka 脇阪 Japanese
Wakisaka/脇阪 = "Ribs Hillside" 脇 = Ribs/Armpits, 阪 = Hillside.

Wakitani Japanese

Wakiyama 脇山, わきやま Japanese
From Japanese 脇 (waki) meaning "armpit, the other way" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Warisaya 割鞘, わりさや Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 割鞘 (see Warizaya).

Warizaya 割鞘, わりざや Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 割 (wari), from 割り (wari) meaning "breakage into separate pieces" and 鞘 (zaya), the joining form of 鞘 (saya) meaning "sheath", referring to a broken sheath.

Watabiki Japanese

Watakabe Japanese

Watanari Japanese

Watanuki 渡抜, 渡樌, 渡貫, 綿抜, 綿貫 Japanese
This surname is used as 渡抜, 渡樌, 渡貫, 綿抜, 綿貫, 四月一日 or 四月朔日 with 渡 (to, wata.su, wata.ru) meaning "cross, deliver, diameter, ferry, ford, import, migrate, transit," 綿 (men, wata) meaning "cotton," 抜 (hai, hatsu, batsu, nu.kasu, nu.karu, nu.ki, nu.ku, -nu.ku, nu.keru) meaning "extract, omit, pilfer, pull out, quote, remove, slip out," 樌 (kan, nuki), an outdated kanji meaning "grove," 貫 (kan, tsuranu.ku, nuki, nu.ku) meaning "brace, penetrate, pierce, kan (obsolete unit of measuring weight - equal to 3.75 kg./8.33 lbs... [more]

Watariyo 濟陽, わたりよう Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 濟陽 (see Watariyō).

Watariyō 濟陽, わたりよう Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 濟陽 (see Watayō).

Yabugame 籔亀, やぶがめ Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 籔亀 (see Yabuki).

Yabukame 藪亀, 薮亀, やぶかめ Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 藪亀 or 薮亀 (see Yabuki).

Yabunaka 薮中 Japanese
From 薮 (yabu) meaning "thicket, bush, underbrush, grove" and 中 (naka) meaning "middle, in between".

Yabusaki 八武崎 Japanese
From the Japanese 八 (ya) meaning "eight", 武 (bu) which was a traditional unit of measurement approximately equal to 90 centimeters, and 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula".

Yaginuma 柳沼, やぎぬま Japanese
From Japanese 柳 (yagi) meaning "willow" and 沼 (numa) meaning "swamp, marsh".

Yamadera Japanese
Yama means "mountain, hill" and dera comes from tera meaning "temple".

Yamagata 山形, 山縣 Japanese
From Japanese 山 (yama) meaning "mountain" and 形 (gata) meaning "shape, form" or 縣 (gata) meaning "county, district".

Yamagaya Japanese
Variant of Yamatani.

Yamaguri Japanese
Variant of Yamakuri.

Yamahata やまはた, 山端 Japanese
From 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill" and 端 (hata) meaning "tip, edge, end".

Yamakado やまかど, 山門, 山角 Japanese
From 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill" and 角 (kado) meaning "horn, corner" or 門 (kado) meaning "gate".

Yamakawa 山川 Japanese
From Japanese 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Yamakuri Japanese
Yama means "mountain" and kuri means "chestnut".

Yamamizu 山水 Japanese
山 (Yama) means "mountain" and 水 (mizu) means "water".

Yamamori 山 森 Japanese
From Japanese 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill" and 森 (mori) meaning "forest".

Yamamura 山村, やまむら Japanese
From Japanese 山 (yama) meaning "mountain" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".

Yamanaka 山中 Japanese
From Japanese 山 (yama) meaning "mountain" and 中 (naka) meaning "middle".

Yamanobe 山野辺, やまのべ Japanese
From Japanese 山 (yama) meaning "mountain", 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness" and 辺 (be) meaning "area, place, vicinity".

Yamanoue Japanese
Yama means "mountain", no is a possessive article, and ue means "above, top, upper".

Yamasato 山里, 山県, 山縣, ヤマサト Japanese
This surname combines 山 (san, sen, yama) meaning "mountain" and 里 (ri, sato) meaning "league, parent's home, ri (unit of distance - equal to 3.927 km), village," 県 or 縣 - outdated variant of 県 - (ken, ka.keru) meaning "county, district, subdivision, prefecture," the last meaning reserved for 県.... [more]

Yamasawa Japanese
Yama means "hill, mountain" and sawa means "swamp, marsh".

Yamatani Japanese
Yama means "mountain" and tani means "valley". ... [more]

Yamawaki 山脇 Japanese
From 山 (yama, sen) meaning "mountain, hill", and 脇 (waki) meaning "armpit, side, flank, underarm".

Yamazawa Japanese
Variant of Yamasawa.

Yamikawa 闇川 Japanese
From Japanese 闇 (Yami) meaning "darkness" 川(Kawa) meaning "river", the name basically means "Dark river"

Yanagawa 柳川, やながわ Japanese
From Japanese 柳 (yana) meaning "willow" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Yanagida 柳田, やなぎだ Japanese
From Japanese 柳 (yanagi) meaning "willow" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Yanagimi Japanese
Yanagi means "willow" and mi means "viewpoint, outlook".

Yanagino Japanese

Yanagita Japanese

Yanagiya 柳谷, やなぎや Japanese
From Japanese 柳 (yanagi) meaning "willow" and 谷 (ya) meaning "valley".

Yanakawa Japanese

Yanshiji 薬師寺, 藥師寺, やんしじ Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 薬師寺 or 藥師寺 (see Yakushiji).

Yarimizo 鑓溝, やりみぞ Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 鑓 (yari) meaning "sword" and 溝 (mizo) meaning "ditch; drain".

Yasuhara Japanese

Yasuhiko Japanese
Yasu means "peace, even, level, cheap, inexpensive, relax" and hiko means "prince".

Yasuhiro 安央, ヤスヒロ Japanese
From Japanese 安 (yasu) meaning "peace, quiet" combined with 央 (hiro) meaning "centre, middle". Other Kanji combinations are possible.

Yasuhiru 安蒜 Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 安蒜 (see Ambiru).

Yasumizu 安水 Japanese
From 安 (yasu) meaning "calm, peaceful, low, inexpensive" and 水 (mizu) meaning "water".

Yasumoro 安室 Japanese
Variant reading of Amuro.

Yasumoto 安元 Japanese
From 安 (yasu) meaning "relax, cheap, inexpensive" and 元 (moto) meaning "origin".

Yasumuro 安室 Japanese
Variant reading of Amuro.

Yasunami 安波 Japanese
Means "calm wave" in Japanese.

Yasutomi Japanese
Yasu means "relax, cheap, peace" and tomi means "wealth, abundance".

Yasuyama 安山 Japanese
安 (yasu) means "peaceful, rested, relax, cheap, low" and 山 (yama) means "mountain".

Yasuzato Japanese
See Asato.

Yoichien 与市園　 Japanese (Rare)
与 (Yo) meaning "give, award, participate", 市 (ichi) means "in the city, market" or "town" and 園 (en) means "garden".

Yokobori 横掘 Japanese
From Japanese 横 (yoko) meaning “beside, next to” and 掘 (hori) meaning “ditch, moat, canal”.

Yokodera Japanese
Variant of Yokotera.

Yokogaya Japanese
Variant of Yokotani.

Yokohama Japanese
Yoko means "beside" and hama means "beach, seashore".

Yokohira Japanese
Yoko means "beside, next to" and hira means "peace, level, even".

Yokohori Japanese
Yoko means "beside, next to" and hori means "moat, canal".

Yokokawa 横川, よこかわ Japanese
From Japanese 横 (yoko) meaning "beside, next to" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Yokomizo 横溝 Japanese
横 (Yoko) means "beside" and 溝 (mizo) means "groove, trench, gutter, gully, drain, ditch, gap". A notable bearer is Seishi Yokomizo, a Japanese novelist in the Showa Period.

Yokomori Japanese
Yoko means "beside, next to" and mori means "forest".

Yokomura 横村 Japanese
横 (Yoko) means "Beside" and 村 (Mura) means "Village, Hamlet". Check the source if needed.

Yokosawa 横澤, よこさわ Japanese
From Japanese 横 (yoko) meaning "beside, next to" and 澤 (sawa) meaning "swamp, wetland, marsh".

Yokotake 横竹, よこたけ Japanese
From Japanese 横 (yoko) meaning "side, beside, next to" and 竹 (take) meaning "bamboo".

Yokotani 横谷, よこたに Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 横 (yoko) meaning "next to, beside" combined with 谷 (tani) "valley".

Yokouchi Japanese

Yokoyama 横山 Japanese
From Japanese 横 (yoko) meaning "side, beside, next to" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Yokoyama Japanese
A Japanese surname with a combination of Yoko and Yama

Yokozawa 横沢, よこざわ Japanese
From Japanese 横 (yoko) meaning "beside, next to" and 沢 (sawa) meaning "swamp, wetland, marsh".

Yomohiro 東西北南 Japanese (Rare)
This is a very rare surname with the kanji of all four directions: (東西北南) "east, west, north, south", in that order. Yomo literally means "four directions" and hiro means "extension".

Yonamine 與那嶺, 与那嶺 Japanese
From the Japanese 與 or 与(yo) "together with," 那 (na) "what" and 嶺 (mine) "peak," "summit."

Yonegawa Japanese
Variant of Yonekawa.

Yoneichi Japanese
Yone (米) means rice.... [more]

Yonekawa 米川, よねかわ Japanese
From Japanese 米 (yone) meaning "rice" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Yonekura 米倉, よねくら Japanese
From Japanese 米 (yone) meaning "rice" and 倉 (kura) meaning "granary, storehouse".

Yonemoto Japanese
Yone means "rice, America" and moto means "origin, root, source, base".

Yonemura Japanese
Yone means "rice, America" and mura means "village".

Yonesawa Japanese
Yone means "rice, America" and sawa means "swamp, wetland, marsh".

Yonetomi Japanese

Yoneyama 米山, よねやま Japanese
From Japanese 米 (yone) meaning "rice" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill".

Yonezawa 米澤, 米沢 Japanese
From the Japanese 米 (yone or kome) "rice" and 澤 or 沢 (zawa or sawa) "swamp."

Yonoichi Japanese

Yorinori Japanese

Yoshiura 吉浦 Japanese
From Japanese 吉 (yoshi) meaning "good luck" and 浦 (ura) meaning "bay, coast".

Yosozumi Japanese
Variant of Yososumi.

Yoyanagi 四柳, よつやなぎ Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 四柳 (see Yotsuyanagi).

Yukimiya 雪宮 Japanese
From Japanese, 雪 (yuki) meaning "snow" combined with 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace".

Yukimori Japanese
Means 'snow forest' from 'yuki' meaning 'snow' and 'mori' meaning 'forest'.

Yukitomo 行友 Japanese
From 行 (yuki) meaning "going, journey, carry out, conduct, act, line, row, bank" and 友 (tomo) meaning "friend".

Yukiyama 幸山, 雪山, 行山, ユキヤマ Japanese
This surname combines 幸 (kou, saiwa.i, sachi, shiawa.se, yuki) meaning "blessing, fortune, happiness," 雪 (setsu, yuki) meaning "snow" or 行 (an, gyou, kou, -i.ki, -iki, i.ku, okona.u, oko.nau, -yu.ki, -yuki, yu.ku) meaning "going, journey" with 山 (san, sen, yama) meaning "mountain."... [more]

Yukiyasu Japanese
Yuki can mean "snow" or "luck" and yasu means "peace, relax, cheap".

Yukizome 雪染 Japanese
From Japanese 雪染 (yukizome) meaning "snow prints, dyed snow".

Yukumoto Japanese
Yuku means "conduct, go, travel, line, row" and moto means "origin, source, root".

Yumehara 夢原 Japanese
From Japanese 夢 (yume) means "dream" and 原 (hara) means "field".

Yumekawa Japanese
Yumekawa means yume (夢) means "dream" and kawa (川) means "river", so this means "dream river".

Yumihiro 広, 廣 Japanese
From Japanese 弓 (yumi) meaning "archery bow" combined with 広 or 廣 (hiro) meaning "broad, wide, spacious"

Yūnomidō 熊野御堂, ゆうのみどう Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 熊野御堂 (see Kumanomidō).

Yunomido 熊野御堂, ゆうのみどう Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 熊野御堂 (see Yūnomidō).

Yurimoto Japanese

Yuyamido 熊野御堂, ゆやみどう Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 熊野御堂 (see Yuyamidō).

Yuyamidō 熊野御堂, ゆやみどう Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 熊野御堂 (see Kumanomidō).

Zemmosha 善茂砂, ぜんもしゃ Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 善茂砂 (see Zemmosa).

Zenmosha 善茂砂, ぜんもしゃ Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 善茂砂 (see Zemmosha).