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This is a list of submitted surnames in which the usage is Japanese; and the first letter is I.
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Ishiwata 石渡 Japanese
From Japanese 石 (ishi) meaning "stone" and 渡 (wata) meaning "cross, ferry".
Ishiwatari Japanese
Ishi means "stone" and watari means "ferry".
Ishiyama Japanese
From the Japanese 石 (ishi) "stone" and 山 (yama) "mountain."
Ishizaka 石坂, いしざか Japanese
From Japanese 石 (ishi) meaning "stone" and 坂 (saka) meaning "slope, hill".
Ishizaki 石崎, いしざき Japanese
From Japanese 石 (ishi) meaning "stone" and 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula".
Ishizawa 石沢, 石澤, いしざわ Japanese
From Japanese 石 (ishi) meaning "stone" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh, swamp".
Ishizu 石津 Japanese
From Japanese 石 (ishi) meaning "stone" and 津 (zu) meaning "ferry".
Ishizuka 石塚, いしづか Japanese
From Japanese 石 (ishi) meaning "stone" and 塚 (tsuka) meaning "hillock, mound".
Iso Japanese
From Japanese 磯 (iso) meaning "seashore, shore, beach".
Isobe 磯部 Japanese
From the Japanese 磯 (iso) meaning "beach" and 部 (be) meaning "region, division, part".
Isogai 磯谷 Japanese
It can be a variant of Isogai but other kanji combinations are possible.
Isogai 磯貝, いそがい Japanese
From Japanese 磯 (iso) meaning "seashore, beach" and 貝 (kai) meaning "shellfish".
Isogai 磯谷, いそがい Japanese
From Japanese 磯 (iso) meaning "seashore, beach" and 谷 (gai) meaning "valley".
Isogawa 五十川, いそがわ Japanese
From Japanese 五十 (iso) meaning "fifty" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".
Isogaya 磯谷 Japanese
Variant of Isotani.
Isojima 磯島, いそしま Japanese
From Japanese 磯 (iso) meaning "seashore" and 島 (shima) meaning "island".
Isoko Japanese
Iso means "beach, seashore" and ko means "child, sign of the rat".
Isomura 磯村, いそむら Japanese
From Japanese 磯 (iso) meaning "seashore, beach" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".
Isono 磯野, いその Japanese
From Japanese 磯 (iso) meaning "seashore, beach" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".
Isori 五十里, いそり Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 五十里 (see Ikari 2).
Isose Japanese
Iso means "sand" and se means "ripple".
Isotani 磯谷 Japanese
From 磯 (iso) meaning "beach, shore, seashore" and 谷 (tani) meaning "valley".
Isoya 磯谷 Japanese
Variant of Isotani.
Isoyama 磯山, いそやま Japanese
From Japanese 磯 (iso) meaning "seashore" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill".
Isozaki 磯崎, いそざき Japanese
From Japanese 磯 (iso) meaning "seashore" and 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula".
Isozato 五十里, いそざと Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 五十里 (see Ikari 2).
Itada Japanese
Ita means "board" and da means "field, rice paddy".
Itagaki 板垣, いたがき Japanese
From Japanese 板 (ita) meaning "plank, board" and 垣 (kaki) meaning "fence".
Itahashi 板橋, いたはし Japanese
From Japanese 板 (ita) meaning "plank, board" and 橋 (hashi) meaning "bridge".
Itakaki Japanese
A variant of Itagaki.
Itakura 板倉, いたくら Japanese
From Japanese 板 (ita) meaning "plank, board" and 倉 (kura) meaning "granary, storehouse".
Itami Japanese
Ita means "board" and mi means "view, outlook".
Itamiya 伊丹谷, 伊丹屋, いたみや Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 伊丹屋 (Itamiya) meaning "Itami Store", a name of a store that was in the city of Itami in the prefecture of Hyōgo in Japan.... [more]
Itamura Japanese
Ita means "plank, board" and mura means "village, hamlet".
Itano 板野 Japanese
From 板 (ita) meaning "plank, board" and 野 (no) meaning "field, plain".
Itaya 板谷, いたや Japanese
From Japanese 板 (ita) meaning "plank, board" and 谷 (ya) meaning "valley".
Ite 射手, いて Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 射 (i) meaning "shoot" and 手 (te) meaning "hand", referring to an archer.
Ito 井筒, いとう Japanese
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 井筒 (see Itō).
Itō 井筒, いとう Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 井筒 (see Idzutsu).
Itobin 糸鬢, いとびん Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 糸鬢 (itobin) meaning a type of hairstyle.
Itoh 伊藤, いとう Japanese
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 伊藤 (see Itō).
Itoh 井筒, いとう Japanese
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 井筒 (see Itō).
Itosato 五十里, いとさと Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 五十里 (see Ikari 2).
Itou 井筒, いとう Japanese
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 井筒 (see Itō).
Itsubo 伊坪 Japanese
From 伊 (i) meaning "this" and 坪 (tsubo), a traditional unit of length.
Itsuka 何, いつか Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 何 (see Nani).
Itsuno 伊津野 Japanese
From 伊 (i) meaning "this", 津 (tsu) meaning "harbor, port", and 野 (no) meaning "field, plain".
Itsutsu 井筒, いつつ Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 井筒 (see Idzutsu).
Iwaaki 岩明 Japanese
From Japanese 岩 (iwa) meaning "cliff" and 明 (aki) meaning "bright". ... [more]
Iwaasa 岩浅, いわあさ Japanese
From Japanese 岩 (iwa) meaning "cliff, rocks" and 浅 (asa) meaning "shallow".
Iwabe 岩部, いわべ Japanese
From Japanese 岩 (iwa) meaning "cliff, rocks" and 部 (be) meaning "part, section".
Iwabuchi 岩渕, 岩淵, いわぶち Japanese
From Japanese 岩 (iwa) meaning "cliff, rocks" and 渕 or 淵 (fuchi) meaning "abyss, edge, deep pool".
Iwadachi 岩立, 岩館 Japanese
Variant reading of Iwatate.
Iwadate 岩立, 岩館 Japanese
Variant reading of Iwatate.
Iwado 岩戸 Japanese (Rare)
Iwado means "rock door". Iwado from Holyland is a character bearing this surname
Iwae Japanese
Iwa means "stone, rock" and e means "bay, creek, inlet".
Iwaizumi 岩泉 Japanese (Rare)
Iwa (岩) means "rock, boulder", izumi (泉) means "spring, water source", it is also a town in Iwate prefecture. Hajime Iwaizumi (岩泉 一) from Haikyuu!! manga and anime is a notable bearer of this surname.
Iwaki 岩城, いわき Japanese
From Japanese 岩 (iwa) meaning "cliff, rocks" and 城 (ki) meaning "castle, fortress".
Iwakiri 岩切 Japanese
From Japanese 岩 (iwa) meaning "boulder, cliff, rocks" and 切 (kiri) meaning "cut, cutoff, to be sharp".
Iwama 岩間, いわま Japanese
From Japanese 岩 (iwa) meaning "cliff, rocks" and 間 (ma) meaning "among, between".
Iwami Japanese
Iwa means "stone" and mi means "viewpoint, outlook".
Iwamura Japanese
Iwa means "stone " and mura can mean "village, hamlet" or "town".
Iwanaga 岩永, いわなが Japanese
From Japanese 岩 (iwa) meaning "cliff, rocks" and 永 (naga 3) meaning "perpetual, eternal".
Iwanaka Japanese
Iwa means "stone" and naka means "middle".
Iwanari 岩成 Japanese
From 岩 (iwa) meaning "stone, rock", and 成 (nari, naru, sei) meaning "become, get".
Iwano Japanese
Iwa means "stone" and no means "wilderness, plain, rice paddy, field".
Iwao Japanese
Iwa means "stone" and o means "tail".
Iwaoka 岩岡 Japanese
From Japanese 岩 (iwa) meaning "cliff, rocks" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".
Iwasa 岩佐, いわさ Japanese
From Japanese 岩 (iwa) meaning "cliff, rocks" and 佐 (sa) meaning "help, aid".
Iwasawa 岩沢, 岩澤, いわさわ Japanese
From Japanese 岩 (iwa) meaning "cliff, rocks" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".
Iwase 岩瀬, いわせ Japanese
From Japanese 岩 (iwa) meaning "boulder, cliff, rocks" and 瀬 (se) meaning "rapids, ripple, current".
Iwashimizu 岩清水 Japanese
From 岩 (iwa) meaning "rock, cliff", 清 (shi) meaning "pure, purify, exorcise, clean", and 水 (mizu) meaning "water".
Iwashita 岩下, いわなみ Japanese
From Japanese 岩 (iwa) meaning "boulder, cliff, rocks" and 下 (shita) meaning "under, below".
Iwatachi 岩立, 岩館 Japanese
Variant reading of Iwatate.
Iwatani 岩谷 Japanese
From Japanese 岩 (iwa) meaning "rock" and 谷 (tani) meaning "valley".
Iwatani 岩谷, いわたに Japanese
From Japanese 岩 (iwa) meaning "cliff, rocks" and 谷 (tani) meaning "valley".
Iwatate 岩立, 岩館 Japanese
From Japanese 岩館 (Iwatate) meaning "Iwatate", a former village in the former district of Tsugaru in parts of present-day Aomori, Japan, in the former Japanese province of Mutsu.
Iwatatsu 岩立 Japanese
Variant reading of Iwatate
Iwatatsu 岩立 Japanese
Variant reading of Iwatate.
Iwatsuki 岩槻, いわつき Japanese
From Japanese 岩 (iwa) meaning "cliff, rocks" and 槻 (tsuki) meaning "Zelkova tree".
Iwawaki Japanese
Iwa means "stone" and waki means "side".
Iwaya 岩屋 Japanese
From Japanese 岩 (iwa) meaning "cliff, rocks" and 屋 (ya) meaning "house".
Iwayama 岩山 Japanese
Means "rocky mountain" in Japanese, from 岩 (iwa) "rock" and 山 (yama) "mountain".
Iwazaki Japanese
Variant of Iwasaki, meaning "stone slope, hill."
Iyama Japanese
I means "well, pit, minehaft" and yama means "mountain, hill".
Iyobe 伊豫部, 五百部 Japanese
From 伊 (i) meaning "that one, Italy" combined with 豫 (yo) meaning "in advance, beforehand", or 五 (i) meaning "five" combined with 百 (yo) meaning "hundred, many, hundred", that is then combined with 部 (be) meaning "section, part".
Izawa いざわ, 井沢, 井澤 Japanese
From Japanese 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".
Izu 井筒, いず Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 井筒 (see Idzutsu).
Izubuchi 出渕, いづぶち Japanese
From Japanese 出 (Izu) meaning "to exit" and 渕 (buchi) meaning "abyss, bottom (of a pool)".
Izuhara 出原, 泉原, 伊豆原, イズハラ Japanese
This surname is used as 出原, 泉原 or 伊豆原 with 出 (shutsu, sui, i.dasu, i.deru, da.su, -da.su, -de, de.ru, izu) meaning "come out, exit, go out, leave, protrude, put out", 泉 (sei, izumi, izu) meaning "fountain, spring", 伊 (i, kare) meaning "Italy, that one", 豆 (zu, tou, mame, mame-) meaning "beans, midget, pea" and 原 (gen, hara) meaning "field, meadow, original, plain, prairie, primitive, tundra, wilderness."
Īzuka 飯塚, いいづか Japanese
From Japanese 飯 (ii) meaning "cooked grains, rice" and 塚 (tsuka) meaning "hillock, mound".
Izumikawa Japanese
Izumi means "fountain" and means "river".
Izumo 出雲, 出茂, イズモ Japanese
This surname combines 出 (shutsu, sui, i.dasu, i.deru, da.su, -da.su, -de, de.ru) meaning "come out, exit, go out, leave, protrude, put out" with 雲 (un, kumo, -gumo, zumo) meaning "cloud" or 茂 (mo, shige.ru) meaning "be luxuriant, grow thick, overgrown."... [more]
Izutsu 井筒, いずつ, いづつ Japanese
Variant reading or transcription of Japanese Kanji 井筒 (see Idzutsu).