Browse Submitted Surnames

Aba 安波 Japanese
Variant reading of Yasunami.

Aba 阿波, あば Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 阿波 (see Awa 1 or Awa 2).

Abara 空原 Japanese
formed with 空 (a, sora) meaning "sky" and 原 (hara) meaning "field".

Abukawa 虻川, あぶかわ Japanese
From Japanese 虻 (abu) meaning "horsefly" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Abukumagawa 阿武隈川, あぶくまがわ Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 阿武隈川 (Abukumagawa) meaning "Abukuma River", a river that flows through the prefectures of Fukushima and Miyagi in Japan.

Abura 油 Japanese (Rare)
From 油 (abura) meaning "oil".

Aburada 油田 Japanese
From 油 (abura) meaning "oil" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Aburagaya Japanese
A variant of Aburatani.

Aburata Japanese
Abura means "oil" and ta means "field, rice paddy".

Aburaya 油谷 Japanese (Rare)
A variant of Aburatani. ... [more]

Abuya 阿武屋, あぶや Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 阿武屋 (Abuya) meaning "Abu Store", from 阿武 (Abu) meaning "Abu", a district in the prefecture of Yamaguchi in Japan.

Achikita 遥北 Japanese (Rare)
遥 (Achi) means "distant, remote" and 北 (kita) means "north".

Adachibara Japanese
Variant of Adachihara.

Adachihara 足立原, 安立原, 足達原 Japanese
A means "leg, limb, step", dachi is a form of tachi meaning "stand", and hara means "plain". ... [more]

Adachiwara Japanese
Variant of Adachihara.

Aga 何, あが Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 何 (see Nani).

Agada Japanese
Variant of Agata.

Agata 県, 縣 Japanese (Rare)
From 県 or 縣 (agata) meaning "prefecture, county, countryside, subdivision, district".

Agatsuma 上妻, 我妻 Japanese (Rare)
From 上 (aga) meaning "upper, top, above" or 我 (aga) meaning "ego, I, oneself, our, selfish" and 妻 (tsuma) meaning "wife, spouse".

Agawa 阿川 Japanese
阿 (A) means "nook, flatter, corner" and 川 (kawa) meaning "stream, river".... [more]

Ageha 上羽, あげは Japanese
From Japanese 上 (age) meaning "above" combined with 羽 (ha) meaning "feathers".

Aha 安波 Japanese
Variant reading of Yasunami.

Aha 阿波, あは Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 阿波 (see Awa 1 or Awa 2).

Ahama 阿浜, あはま Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 阿 (a), a phonetic character and 浜 (hama) meaning "beach; seashore".

Ahara Japanese
A means "second, Asia" and hara means "field, plain".

Aiba 相馬, 相場, 相羽, 饗庭, 相葉 Japanese
From Japanese 相 (ai) meaning "mutual" or 饗 (ai) meaning "banquet", combined with 馬 (ba) meaning "horse", 場 (ba) meaning "location", 羽 (ba) meaning "feathers", 庭 (ba) meaning "courtyard" or 葉 (ba) meaning "leaf".

Aibana 藍花 Japanese
From Japanese 藍 (ai) meaning "indigo" combined with 花 (hana, bana, ka) meaning "flower".

Aibara Japanese
Variant of Aihara.

Aida 合田 Japanese
Ai could mean "fit, suit, join", "indigo", or "together, mutual". Da is a form of ta meaning "rice paddy, wilderness, field".

Aida 相田, あいだ Japanese
From Japanese 相 (ai) meaning "together, mutually" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Aida 会田, あいだ Japanese
From Japanese 会 (ai) meaning "meeting, gathering" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Aigawa Japanese
Variant of Aikawa.

Aihara 相原, あいはら Japanese
From Japanese 相 (ai) meaning "together, mutually" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Aikuzawa 愛久沢, 愛久澤, あいくざわ Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 愛久沢 or 愛久澤 (see Akuzawa 1 or Akuzawa 2).

Aimura 相村 Japanese
From 相 (ai) meaning "mutual, reciprocal, each other and 村 (mura) meaning "village, hamlet".

Ainara 相奈良 Japanese
From Japanese 相 (ai) meaning "mutual, reciprocal, with one another", 奈 (na) meaning "apple tree" and 良 (ra) meaning "good".

Ainuma Japanese
Ai means "unit, join" and numa means "swamp, marsh".

Aisaka Japanese (Rare)
Ai means "Indigo (blueish)", and Saka means "Hill,Slope".In 2014 Aisaka was ranked #9,579 for most used surnames in Japan and had only 5 occurrences that year. It's more popular in the U.S. than in the country it originated from... [more]

Aisawa Japanese
Ai can mean "affection, love", "join, together" or "indigo" and sawa means "marsh, swamp".

Aita Japanese
Variant of Aida.

Aiwara Japanese
A variant of Aihara.

Aiyama Japanese
Ai can mean "together, join", "love, affection" or "indigo" and yama means "mountain".

Aizaka Japanese (Rare)
Variant of Aisaka.

Aizawa 相沢, 相澤, あいざわ Japanese
From Japanese 相 (ai) meaning "together, mutually" and 沢, 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Aizawa 阿久沢, 阿久澤, あいざわ Japanese
Variant reading of 阿久沢 or 阿久澤 (see Akuzawa 2).

Akada Japanese
Aka meant "red" and da comes from ta meaning "rice patty, field".

Akaeda Japanese
Aka means "red" and eda means "branch, bough, twig."

Akagawa 赤川 Japanese
From Japanese 赤 (aka) meaning "red" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Akahira 赤平, あかひら Japanese
From Japanese 赤 (aka) meaning "red" and 平 (hira 2) meaning "level, even, peaceful".

Akaiwa 赤岩 Japanese
From 赤 (aka) meaning "red, vermilion" and 岩 (iwa) meaning "cliff, rocks".

Akama 赤間 Japanese
Possibly from 赤 (aka) meaning "red" and 間 (ma) meaning "between, interval, space, pause".

Akamakka 赤真下, 赤眞下, あかまっか Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 赤 (aka) meaning "red", referring to pinus densiflora, and 真下 (makka) meaning "(literally) down; below; beneath", referring to low lands.... [more]

Akamatsuka 赤真下, あかまつか Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 赤真下 (see Akamakka).

Akamura Japanese
Aka means "red" and mura means "hamlet, village".

Akana Japanese (Rare)

Akanuma Japanese
Aka means "red" and numa means "swamp, marsh".

Akasaka 赤坂, 赤阪, あかさか Japanese
From Japanese 赤 (aka) meaning "red" and 坂 or 阪 (saka) meaning "slope, hill".

Akashita 赤下, 丹下 Japanese
From Japanese 赤 (aka) or 丹 (aka) both meaning "red" combined with 下 (shita) meaning "below, down, descend, give, low, inferior". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Akata Japanese
Variant of Akada.

Akatsuka 赤塚, あかつか Japanese
From Japanese 赤 (aka) meaning "red" and 塚 (tsuka) meaning "hillock, mound".

Akawa Japanese
A means "second, Asia" and kawa means "river, stream".

Akazaka Japanese
Variant of Akasaka.

Akehisa Japanese
Ale means "bright" and hisa means "long time ago, lasting".

Akiba 秋葉 Japanese
From the Japanese 秋 (aki) "autumn" and 葉 (ha) "leaf."

Akibara 昭原, 秋原, 穐原, アキバラ Japanese
This surname combines 昭 (shou, aki) meaning "shining, bright", 秋 (shuu, aki, toki) meaning "autumn" or 穐 with the same sounds and meaning with 原 (gen, hara) meaning "field, meadow, original, plain, prairie, primitive, tundra, wilderness."

Akida Japanese
Variant of Akita.

Akigaya Japanese
Variant of Akitani.

Akihara 秋原, 明原, 穐原, あきはら Japanese
From Japanese 秋 (aki) meaning "autumn; fall" and 原 (hara) meaning "meadow; plain; field".... [more]

Akijima Japanese
Variant of Akishima.

Akimura 秋村, あきむら Japanese
From Japanese 秋 (aki) meaning "autumn" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".

Akinuma Japanese
Aki can mean "autumn", and numa means "swamp, marsh".

Akioka Japanese
Aki means "autumn" and oka means "hill".

Akisada アキサダ, 秋貞, 秋定 Japanese
From 秋 (aki) meaning "autumn" combined with 定 (sada) meaning "determine, fix, settle, decide, establish" or 貞 (sada) meaning "fidelity, loyalty, chastity".

Akisawa Japanese
Aki can mean "autumn" and sawa means "swamp".

Akishima Japanese
Aki can mean "autumn" or "bright" and shima means "island".... [more]

Akita 秋田, 明田, 穐田, 飽田, 阿北 Japanese
This surname can be used as 秋田, 明田, 穐田, 飽田 or 阿北 with 秋/穐 (shuu, aki, toki) meaning "autumn," 明 (mei, myou, min, a.kari, aka.rui, aka.rumu, aki.raka, a.keru, -a.ke, a.ku(ru), a.kasu) meaning "clear," 飽 (hou, a.kiru, a.kasu, a.ku, aki) meaning "boredom," 阿 (a, o, omone.ru, kuma) meaning "corner, nook," 田 (den, ta) meaning "rice field" and 北 (hou, kita) meaning "north."... [more]

Akitaya Japanese

Akiwara Japanese
Aki means "autumn" and wara means "plain, field".

Akiya Japanese (Rare)
A bearer of this surname is Tomoko Akiya (秋谷 智子, born May 14, 1976) is a Japanese voice actress. Her best-known role is voicing Hazuki Fujiwara in the Ojamajo Doremi series, and Suzume Mizuno in Zatch Bell.

Akizawa Japanese
A variant of Akisawa.

Akizora 旻, 秋空 Japanese
can be made with the kanji 旻(akizora) meaning "autumn sky" or the word 秋空 (akizora) meaning "autumn sky".

Akuda Japanese

Akusawa 愛久沢, 愛久澤, 阿久沢, 阿久澤, 悪沢 Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 愛久沢 or 愛久澤 (see Akuzawa 1) or 阿久沢, 阿久澤, 愛久沢, 愛久澤, 悪沢, or 悪澤 (see Akuzawa 2).

Akuta Japanese

Akutagawa 芥川 Japanese
Akuta (芥) means "mustard", kawa (川) means "river", kawa changes to gawa due to rendaku. Notable bearers of this surname are Ryuunosuke Akutagawa (芥川龍之介), a Japanese writer and Ryuunosuke Akutagawa from Bungou Stray dogs who shares the same name.

Akutakawa Japanese

Akuzawa 愛久沢, 愛久澤, あくざわ Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 愛久沢 (Akuzawa) meaning "Akuzawa", a former large village in the former Japanese province of Kaga in parts of present-day Ishikawa, Japan.... [more]

Akuzawa 阿久沢, 阿久澤, 安久沢, 安久澤, 愛久沢 Japanese
From Japanese 阿久沢 (Akuzawa), a variant spelling of 悪沢 (Akuzawa) meaning "Akuzawa", a division in the area of Azuma in the city of Midori in the prefecture of Gumma in Japan.... [more]

Ama 阿万, 阿萬, あま Japanese
From Japanese 阿万 (Ama) meaning "Ama", a former villa in the former district of Mihara in the former Japanese province of Awaji in parts of present-day Hyōgo, Japan.... [more]

Amada 天田, あまだ Japanese
From Japanese 天 (ama) meaning "heaven" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Amada 阿万田, あまだ Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 阿万田 (see Amata).

Amagawa 天川, 天河, 塰川, 塰河, 余川 Japanese
From the Japanese 天 (ama or ten) "heaven," 塰 (ama) the title of a Noh play or 余 (ama) "complimentary" and 川 or 河 (gawa or kawa) "river."

Amagaya Japanese
Variant of Amaya.

Amamiya 雨宮 Japanese
From Japanese 雨 (ama) meaning "rain" and 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace". A notable bearer of this surname is voice actress and singer Sora Amamiya (雨宮 天 Amamiya Sora, 1993–).

Amamiya 雨宮, 天宮, 尼宮, あまみや Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 雨宮 (see Amenomiya), also written 天宮 and 尼宮.

Amanda 阿万田, あまんだ Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 阿万田 (see Amata).

Amanomiya 雨ノ宮, 雨之宮, あまのみや Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 雨ノ宮 or 雨之宮 (see Amenomiya).

Amata 阿万田, あまた Japanese (Rare)
Variant of Ama, added Japanese 田 (ta) meaning "rice paddy, cultivated field".

Amaya 天谷 Japanese
From Japanese 天 (ama) meaning "heaven" and 谷 (ya) meaning "valley".

Amemiya 雨宮, あめみや Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 雨宮 (see Amenomiya).

Amenomiya 雨宮, 雨ノ宮, 雨之宮, 雨野宮, あめのみや Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 雨宮 (Amenomiya) meaning "Amenomiya", a former area in the district of Hanishina in the former Japanese province of Shinano in parts of present-day Nagano in Japan or an area in the same location in the city of Chikuma in the prefecture of Nagano in Japan.... [more]

Amigasaya 編笠屋, あみがさや Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 編笠屋 (Amigasaya) meaning "Amigasa Store", from 編笠 (amigasa) meaning "braided hats", referring to a store that sells braided hats.

Amigawa Japanese
Variant of Amikawa.

Amikawa Japanese

Amikura Japanese

Amimiya 雨宮, あみみや Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 雨宮 (see Amenomiya).

Anazawa 穴沢, 穴澤, あなざわ Japanese
From Japanese 穴 (ana) meaning "hole, opening, pit" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Anegawa Japanese

Anekawa Japanese

Annoura アンノウラ, 案浦 Japanese
From 案 (an) meaning "table, desk, legal case, rough draft", (no) an invisible possessive particle, and 浦 (ura) meaning "inlet, bay".

Aoba 青葉 Japanese
青 (Ao) means "green, blue" and 葉 (ba) being a form of, ha meaning "leaf". This surname refers to a fresh leaf. ... [more]

Aoda Japanese
So means "green, blue" and da is a form of ta meaning "field, rice paddy".

Aohara 青原 Japanese
From 青 (ao) meaning "green, blue" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Aojima Japanese
Variant of Aoshima.

Aonuma 青沼, あおぬま Japanese
From Japanese 青 (ao) meaning "green, blue" and 沼 (numa) meaning "swamp, marsh".

Aosaka Japanese
Ao means "green, blue" and saka means "slope, hill".

Aosawa Japanese
Ao means "blue, green" and sawa means "swamp, wetland, marsh".

Aoshima Japanese
Ao means "green, blue" and shima means "island".

Aota 青田, あおた Japanese
From Japanese 青 (ao) meaning "green, blue" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Aozaka Japanese
Variant of Aosaka.

Aozawa Japanese
Variant of Aosawa.

Aozora 青空 Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 青 (ao) meaning "blue" and 空 (sora) meaning "sky".

Ara 荒 Japanese
From the Japanese 荒 (ara) "primitive," "rude," "crude."

Ara 安良, 荒, あら Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 安良 (see Yasura) or a form of Yasura but written 荒.

Arabeya 荒部谷, あらべや Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 荒 (ara) meaning "uncultivated, desolate", 部 (be) meaning "department, division; part", and 谷 (ya) meaning "valley".

Arabuka 荒深, あらぶか Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 荒深 (see Arafuka).

Arada Japanese
Variant of Arata.

Aradera 新寺, あらでら Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 新寺 (see Niidera).

Arafuka 荒深, あらふか Japanese
From Japanese 荒 (ara) meaning "uncultivated, desolate" and 深 (fuka) meaning "deep; profound". It may have been derived from Ara 2.

Arahira 荒平, あらひら Japanese
From Japanese 荒 (ara) meaning "rough; harsh; intense" and 平 (hira) meaning "flat; flattened" or, in a dialect, "cliff", referring to a rough flatland or a rough cliff.... [more]

Araidaira 荒平, あらいだいら Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 荒平 (see Arahira).

Arakawa 荒川, 荒河, 新川, 新河, アラカワ Japanese
From 荒 (ara) meaning "rough, wild, violent" or 新 (ara) meaning "new" combined with 川/河 (kawa) meaning "river, stream."

Araoka 荒岡 Japanese (Rare)
Ara (荒) means "rough", oka (岡) means "hill", therefore, Araoka means rough hill

Araoka 荒, あらおか Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 荒 (see Ara).

Arashima 荒島, あらしま Japanese
From Japanese 荒 (ara) meaning "wild, rough, desolate, barren" and 島 (shima) meaning "island".

Arata 荒田, 新田 Japanese
From Japanese 荒 (ara) meaning "rough, sparse, wild" or 新 (ara) meaning "new, natural" and 田 (ta) meaning "field".

Arata 畭, あらた Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 畭 (see Hari).

Araya 荒谷 Japanese
From Japanese 荒 (ara) meaning "rough, wild" and 谷 (ya) meaning "valley".

Arayama 荒山, あらやま Japanese
From Japanese 荒 (ara) meaning "wild, rough, desolate, barren" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill".

Arehira 荒平, あれひら Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 荒平 (see Arahira).

Ariga 有賀, あるが Japanese
From Japanese 有 (ari) meaning "have, possess" and 賀 (ka) meaning "congratulation".

Arihara 有原 Japanese

Arimura Japanese
Ari means "exist" and mura means "village, hamlet".

Arioka 有岡 Japanese
From Japanese 有 (ari) meaning "have, possess" and 岡 (oka) meaning "ridge, hill".

Arisaka 有坂, 有阪 Japanese
From Japanese 有 (ari) meaning "have, possess, exist" and 坂 or 阪 (saka) meaning "slope, hill".

Arisawa 有沢, 有澤 Japanese
From Japanese 有 (ari) meaning "have, possess" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Arishima 有島, ありしま Japanese
From Japanese 有 (ari) meaning "have, possess, exist" and 島 (shima) meaning "island".

Arisugawa Japanese
Notable bearers are members of the Arisugawa clan, such as Princess Arisugawa no Miya Oriko and her father Prince Arisugawa no Miya Orihito.

Arisukawa Japanese

Arita 有田 Japanese
From Japanese 有 (ari) meaning "have, possess" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Ariyama Japanese
Ari means "exist, have, possess" and yama means "mountain".

Ariza 有座 Japanese
From 有 (ari) meaning "exist, possess, maintain, furthermore" and 座 (za) meaning "seat, sitting, platform, rank, constellation, counting words, guild, name, institution".

Arizawa Japanese
Variant of Arisawa.

Asa Japanese
Variously written, sometimes with characters used phonetically. It can mean ‘morning’, but the most likely meaning is ‘hemp’, making it a topographic or occupational name. Both forms are found mostly in Amami, one of the Ryūkyū Islands.

Asabara Japanese
Variant of Asahara.

Asada 浅田, 麻田 Japanese
From Japanese 浅 (asa) meaning "shallow" or 麻 (asa) meaning "hemp, flax" and 田 (ta) meaning "field".

Asahara 朝原, 浅原, 麻原 Japanese
From Japanese 朝 (asa) meaning "morning", 浅 (asai) meaning "shallow", or 麻 (asa) meaning "hemp" combined with 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Asahina 朝比奈, 朝日奈 Japanese
From Japanese 朝 (asa) meaning "morning", 比 (hi) meaning "comparison, match, equal" or 日 (hi) meaning "sun, day", and 奈 (na), a phonetic character.

Asaka 淺香, 浅香, 浅加, 浅賀, 淺加 Japanese
From the Japanese 淺 or 浅 (asa) "superficial" and 香 (ka) "odour," "smell,"　加 (ka) "increase," "step-up" or 賀 (ka) "congratulation."

Asakawa 浅川, 朝河 Japanese
From Japanese 浅 (asa) meaning "shallow" and 川 or 河 (kawa) meaning "river".

Asakura 朝倉, 浅倉, 麻倉 Japanese
From Japanese 朝 (asa) meaning "morning", 浅 (asa) meaning "shallow", or 麻 (asa) meaning "hemp" and 倉 (kura) meaning "warehouse, storehouse".

Asama Japanese

Asamura 浅村 Japanese
From Japanese 浅 (asa) meaning "shallow" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".

Asaoka Japanese

Asaoka 浅岡, あさおか Japanese
From Japanese 浅 (asa) meaning "shallow" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".

Asata Japanese

Asawara Japanese
Variant of Asahara.

Ashida 芦田, 蘆田 Japanese
Combination of the kanji 芦 (ashi, "reed") and 田 (ta, "field").

Ashihara Japanese

Ashikaga Japanese
Ashikaga is a surname that originated with samurai families. Kaga means "Flower Bud,Reed" and Ashi means "Place",but it is most commonly, ( if not always ) written with characters meaning ,"foot" and "advantage".

Ashina アシナ, 芦名, 蘆名, 葦名 Japanese
From 芦, 葦, or 蘆 (ashi) meaning "bullrush, common reed" and 名 (na) meaning "name, status, reputation".

Ashita Japanese
Variant of Ashida.

Ashitanihara 芦谷原, あしたにはら Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 芦谷原 (Ashitanihara), a variant reading of 芦谷原 (Ashitaniharu) meaning "Ashitaniharu", a division in the division of Shukukubota in the area of Makizono in the city of Kirishima in the prefecture of Kagoshima in Japan or it being a name of a group of several households in the same location, 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.

Ashiya Japanese

Ashiyahara 芦谷原, あしやはら Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 芦谷原 (see Ashitanihara).

Atsuda 渥田 Japanese
From Japanese 渥 (atsu) meaning "moist" combined with 田 (da) meaning "paddy, field".

Atsusaka 阿津坂 Japanese
From 阿 (a) meaning "nook, corner", 津 (tsu) meaning "port, harbor" and 坂 (saka) meaning "slope, hill".

Atsuta Japanese

Awa 阿波, あわ Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 阿波 (Awa), a clipping of 上阿波 (Kamiawa) or 下阿波 (Shimoawa), both areas in the city of Iga in the prefecture of Mie in Japan.

Awa 阿波, あわ Japanese
From Japanese 阿波 (Awa) meaning "Awa", a former Japanese province in present-day Tokushima, Japan.

Awada Japanese

Awagaya Japanese
Variant of Awatani.

Awamura Japanese
Awa means "millet" and mura means "hamlet, village".

Awaoka Japanese
Awa means "millet" and oka means "mound, hill".

Awara Japanese
A variant of Ahara.

Awaya 粟谷 あわや Japanese
From Japanese 粟 (Awa) meaning "Mllet" and 谷 (Tani) meaning "valley".

Awayama Japanese
Away means "millet" and yama means "mountain".

Ayugawa Japanese
Variant of Ayukawa.

Ayukawa 鮎川, あゆかわ Japanese
From 鮎 (ayu) meaning "trout" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river."

Azahara 字原 Japanese
From Japanese 字 (aza) meaning "a section of a village" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Azenira 畔蒜 Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 畔蒜 (see Abiru).

Azukigawa Japanese
Variant of Azukikawa.

Azukikawa Japanese

Azuma 東, あずま Japanese
From Japanese 東 (azuma) meaning "east".

Azuma 安室 Japanese

Azuma 安室 Japanese
Variant reading of Amuro.

Azuma 阿萬, あずま Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 阿萬 (see Ama).

Azusagawa 梓川 Japanese (Rare)
Azusa (梓) means "catalpa", gawa/kawa (川) means "river", kawa changes to gawa due to rendaku. Sakuta Azusagawa (梓川 咲太) and his sister Kaede (梓川 花楓) from Seishun Buta Yarou wa Bunny Girl Senpai are notable fictional characters who bear this surname.

Azusakawa Japanese

Azusawa Japanese
Surname of Kohane Azusawa from project sekai

Baba 馬場 Japanese
From Japanese 馬場 (baba) meaning "riding ground".

Babaoka Japanese
Baba means "riding ground" and oka means "hill".

Benihana 紅粉, べにはな Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 紅粉 (see Kōka).

Bonkobara 盆子原 Japanese
From 盆 (bon) meaning "tray, bowl, basin, lantern festival", combined with 子 (ko, shi) meaning "child, sign of the rat", and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Bushida Japanese
Bushi means "warrior, samurai" and da is a form of ta meaning "rice paddy, wilderness, field".

Busujima 毒島 Japanese
Sacrifice, Innovative, Powerful

Chabana 茶花, ちゃばな Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 茶 (cha) meaning "tea" and 花 (bana), the joining form of 花 (hana) meaning "flower".

Chabashira 茶柱 Japanese (Rare)
From 茶 (cha) literally meaning "green tea" and 柱 (hashira) meaning "pillar". A tea pillar is considered good luck in Japanese culture.

Chabata 茶幡, ちゃばた Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 茶 (cha) meaning "tea" and 幡 (bata), the joining form of 幡 (hata), a clipping of 八幡 (Yahata), the name of a Shintō shrine in possibly Hiroshima, Japan.

Chabata 茶畑, ちゃばた Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 茶 (cha) meaning "tea" and 畑

Chahata 茶幡, ちゃはた Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 茶幡 (see Chabata 1).

Chahata 茶畑, ちゃはた Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 茶畑 (see Chabata 2).

Chataba 茶立場, ちゃたば Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 茶立場 (see Chatateba).

Chatateba 茶立場, ちゃたてば Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 茶立場 (Chatateba) meaning "Chatateba", a division in the area of Tōkaichi in the city of Hachinohe in the prefecture of Aomori in Japan.

Chaya Japanese

Chibana 千花 Japanese
千 (Chi) means "one thousand" and 花 (bana) is a variation of hana, meaning "blossom, flower".... [more]

Chibara Japanese
Variant of Chihara.

Chigusa 千種, 千草, 千艸, チグサ Japanese
This surname is used as 千種, 千草 or 千艸 with 千 (sen, chi) meaning "thousand", 種 (shu, -gusa, tane) meaning "class, kind, seed, species, variety", 草 (sou, kusa, kusa-, -gusa) meaning "draft, grass, herbs, pasture, weeds, write" and 艸 (sou, kusa) meaning "grass, plants."... [more]

Chihara 茅原, 千原 Japanese
From Japanese 茅 (chi) meaning "thatch" or 千 (chi) meaning "thousand" combined with 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain". A notable bearer of this surname is Minori Chihara (茅原 実里), a Japanese voice-actress who is best known for voicing Yuki Nagato from the Haruhi Suzumiya series and Aya Natsume from Tenjō Tenge.

Chiina Japanese

Chikahisa Japanese
Chika means "near" and hisa means "long time, long time ago, longevity".

Chikamiya 近宮 Japanese
近 (chika) means ‘near, close, proximity’, 宮 (Miya) means ‘palace, shrine, temple.’ Could be used for someone who had lived near a palace, shrine, or temple. Currently used by around 10 families.

Chikuma ちくま, 竹馬 Japanese
From 竹 (chiku) meaning "bamboo" and 馬 (ma) meaning "horse".

Chisaka Japanese
Chi means "thousand" and saka means "slope, hill".

Chishiya ちしや, 千司哉 Japanese
From Japanese 千 (chi) meaning "thousand", 地 (chi) meaning "earth, land", 智 (chi) meaning "wisdom, intellect" 散 (chi) meaning "scatter", 梓 (shi) meaning "Japanese cherry birch", 塩 (shio) meaning "salt", 沙 (shi) meaning "sand", 司 (shi) meaning "to take charge of; to control; to manage", 史 (shi) meaning "history", 四 (shi) meaning "four", 士 (shi) meaning "samurai, warrior", 子 (shi) meaning "child", 市 (shi) meaning "market", 志 (shi) meaning "purpose, will, determination, aspiration, ambition", 氏 (shi) meaning "a family; a clan", 糸 (shi) meaning "thread", 紙 (shi) meaning "paper", 紫 (shi) meaning "purple; violet", 至 (shi) meaning "to reach; to arrive", 詩 (shi) meaning "poetry, poem", 資 (shi) meaning "money; fund; wealth; capital", 汐 (shi) meaning "evening tide; night tides; ebb", 心 (shi) meaning "heart, mind, soul" or 清 (shi) meaning "clear; limpid", and 也 (ya) meaning "also" or 哉 (ya), an exclamation... [more]

Chisuga Japanese
Chi means "thousand" and suga means "sedge".

Chiura 千浦, 地浦, 知浦, チウラ Japanese (Rare)
This surname is used as 千浦, 地浦 or 知浦 with 千 (sen, chi) meaning "thousand," 地 (ji, chi) meaning "earth, ground", 知 (chi, shi.raseru, shi.ru) meaning "know, wisdom" and 浦 (ho, ura) meaning "bay, beach, creek, gulf, inlet, seacoast."... [more]

Chiwara Japanese
Variant of Chihara.

Chiya 血矢 Japanese (Rare)
Means "bloody arrow; arrow of blood" in Japanese.

Chiyoda Japanese

Chiyota Japanese

Chizaka Japanese
Variant of Chisaka.

Chuma 忠馬 Japanese
Possibly from 忠 (chuu, tada, tadashi) meaning "loyalty" and 馬 (ba, uma, -uma, ma) meaning "horse."

Daikokuya 大黒屋 Japanese (Rare)
Possibly from Japanese prefix 大 (dai) meaning "large" and 黒 (koku) meaning "black" and suffix 屋 (ya) meaning "shop".

Daima Japanese, Hindi

Dejima Japanese
Variant of Deshima.

Dejima 出島 Japanese
Means "sticking out island" in Japanese.

Demegawa 出目川, デメガワ Japanese
From Japanese 出 (de) "out", 目 (me) "eye" and 川 (kawa) "river".

Demura 出村 Japanese
The Japanese surname "Demura" (出村) consists of two kanji characters: "出" meaning "to go out" or "to leave" and "村" meaning "village" or "town." So, "Demura" could be interpreted as "from the village" or "originating from the village." However, as with many Japanese surnames, there may be variations in meaning and interpretation depending on the family's history and region.

Deshima 出島 Japanese
Variant reading of Dejima.

Dewa Japanese

Dohta Japanese
Variant transcription of Dota.

Doiya Japanese

Dōjima 堂島 Japanese
From Japanese 堂 (dou) meaning "temple, shrine" and 島 (shima) meaning "island".

Dota 土田 Japanese
From 土 (do) meaning "soil, ground earth" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Ebibara Japanese
Variant of Ebihara.

Ebihara 蛯原, 海老原 Japanese
From a combination of 海 (e) meaning "vastly, gathered, sea, ocean, wide, vast" and 老 (bi) meaning "old age, elderly" or 蛯 (ebi) meaning "pawn, shrimp, lobster", that is then combined with 原 (hara) meaning "plain, field".

Ebina 蝦名, えびな Japanese
From Japanese 蝦 (ebi) meaning "shrimp, prawn" and 名 (na) meaning "name, reputation".

Ebisawa Japanese

Ebiwara Japanese
Variant of Ebihara.

Ebizawa Japanese
Variant of Ebisawa.

Eda 江田, えだ Japanese
From Japanese 江 (e) meaning "bay, inlet" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Edamura 枝村 Japanese
The kanji 枝 (Eda) means "Branch", while 村 (Mura) means "Town, Village". Combine the two and the surname means "Branching Town/Village".

Egashira 江頭, えがしら Japanese
From Japanese 江 (e) meaning "bay, inlet" and 頭 (kashira) meaning "head".

Ema Japanese

Ennoshita Japanese

Enojima Japanese

Enokida 榎田 Japanese
榎 (Enoki) means "Hackle/Chinese Nettle Berry Tree", and 田 (Da) means "Rice Paddy, Field". A notable bearer with this family name is Daiki Enokida, who is a professional baseball player.

Enoshima 江ノ島 Japanese
From Japanese 江 (e) meaning "bay", ノ (no) which is a particle of possession, and 島 (shima) meaning "island". This can refer to the island in the Kanagawa prefecture.

Enshōiwa 焔硝岩, 㷔硝岩 Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 焔硝岩 (see Enshōgan).

Enshoiwa 焔硝岩, 㷔硝岩 Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 焔硝岩 (see Enshōiwa).

Enya Japanese

Esaka Japanese
E means "river, inlet" and saka means "slope, hill".

Esawa Japanese
E means "river, inlet" and sawa means "swamp, marsh".

Eta Japanese

Ezaka Japanese
Variant of Esaka.

Ezawa Japanese
Variant of Esawa.

Fujibara Japanese
Variant of Fujihara.

Fujieda 藤枝, ふじえだ Japanese
From Japanese 藤 (fuji) meaning "wisteria" and 枝 (eda) meaning "branch".

Fujigawa Japanese
Variant of Fujikawa.

Fujigawa 不死川 Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Shinazugawa.

Fujigaya Japanese
Variant of Fujitani.

Fujihara 藤原 Japanese
From Japanese 藤 (fuji) meaning "wisteria" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Fujihira Japanese

Fujijima Japanese
A variant of Fujishima, meaning "Wisteria island".

Fujikawa 藤川 Japanese
From Japanese 藤 (fuji) meaning "wisteria" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Fujikura Japanese
Fuji means "wisteria" and kura means "storehouse".

Fujinaga 藤永 Japanese
From Japanese 藤 (fuji) meaning "wisteria" and 永 (nagai) meaning "eternity".

Fujinaka 藤中 Japanese
From Japanese 藤 (fuji) meaning "wisteria" and 中 (naka) meaning "middle".

Fujinawa Japanese

Fujinomiya Japanese
Fuji means "wisteria", no means "therefore, of", and miya means "shrine".

Fujishima 藤島, 藤嶋, ふじしま Japanese
From Japanese 藤 (fuji) meaning "wisteria" and 島 or 嶋 (shima) meaning "island".

Fujiura Japanese
Fuji means "wisteria" and ura means "bay, beach".

Fujiya Japanese
Variant of Fujitani.

Fujiyama 藤山 Japanese
From Japanese 藤 (fuji) meaning "wisteria" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Fujizawa Japanese
Variant of Fujisawa.

Fuka Japanese

Fukada Japanese
Fuka means "deep" and da means "rice paddy, field."

Fukagaya Japanese
Fuka means "deep" and gaya means "valley".

Fukasawa Japanese
Fuka means "deep" and sawa means "wetland, swamp, marsh".

Fukata Japanese
Fuka means "deep" and ta means "field, rice paddy".

Fukata 深田, ふかた Japanese
From Japanese 深 (fuka) meaning "deep" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Fukawa 府川, ふかわ Japanese
From Japanese 府 (fu) meaning "prefecture" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Fukaya Japanese
Fuka means "deep" and ya means "valley".

Fukaya 深谷, ふかや Japanese
From Japanese 深 (fuka) meaning "deep" and 谷 (ya) meaning "valley".

Fukazawa 深沢, 深澤, ふかざわ Japanese
From Japanese 深 (fuka) meaning "deep" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Fukazawa Japanese
Variant of Fukasawa.

Fukuba 福葉 Japanese
From 福 (fuku) meaning "happiness, good fortune, blessing" and 葉 (ba) being a form of ha meaning "leaf".

Fukubara Japanese
Variant of Fukuhara.

Fukuda 福田, ふくだ Japanese
From Japanese 福 (fuku) meaning "happiness, good fortune, blessing" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".