Browse Submitted Surnames

Kazueda 数枝, かずえだ Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 数枝 (see Kazue).

Kebukawa Japanese

Kegasawa 気賀沢 Japanese
From 気 (ke) meaning "feeling, spirit, mood", 賀 (ga) meaning "celebrate, congratulate, greet", and 沢 (sawa) meaning "swamp, marah".

Keira Japanese

Kenijima Japanese

Kenma 見満 Japanese
Japanese surname meaning "to see enough".

Kiba Japanese

Kibara Japanese
Variant of Kihara.

Kichida Japanese
A variant pronunciation of Yoshida.

Kichita Japanese

Kida 木田 Japanese
From Japanese 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Kidamura 貴田村, 喜田村, 木田村 Japanese
From 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood", 貴 (ki) meaning "valuable", or 喜 (ki) meaning "rejoice", combined with 田 (da) meaning rice paddy, field" and 村 (mura) means "hamlet, village".

Kigawa 木川 Japanese
Variant of Kikawa.

Kihara 木原, きはら Japanese
From Japanese 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Kijima 木島 Japanese
Variant of Kishima.

Kikawa 木川 Japanese
From 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood" and 川 (kawa) meaning "stream, river".

Kikkawa 吉川 Japanese
From 吉 (kik) meaning "good luck, fortune" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Kikubara Japanese (Rare)
Variant of Kikuhara.

Kikuda Japanese
Kiku means "chrysanthemum" and da means "field, rice paddy".

Kikugaya Japanese
Variant of Kikutani.

Kikuhara 菊原 Japanese (Rare)
Kiku (菊) means "chrysanthemum", hara (原) means "plain/field/meadow"

Kikunaga Japanese

Kikuta 菊田, きくた Japanese
From Japanese 菊 (kiku) meaning "chrysanthemum" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Kikuwara Japanese (Rare)
Variant of Kikuhara.

Kikuya Japanese
"Chrysanthemum valley."

Kimata 木俣, きまた Japanese
From Japanese 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood" and 俣 (mata) meaning "fork, crotch".

Kimijima Japanese

Kimoshita Japanese

Kinamura Japanese

Kinoshita 木下 Japanese
From Japanese 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood", an unwritten possessive marker 之 (no), and 下 (shita) meaning "under, below".

Kinuda Japanese

Kinugasa 衣笠 Japanese
From Japanese 衣 (kinu) meaning "clothing, clothes" and 笠 (kasa) meaning "bamboo hat".

Kinugawa Japanese
From 絹 (kinu) meaning "silk" combined with 川 or 河 (gawa) meaning "stream, river".

Kinugaya Japanese (Rare)
Variant of Kinutani.

Kinukawa 絹川, 絹河 Japanese
From 絹 (kinu) meaning "silk" combined with 川 or 河 (kawa) meaning "stream, river".

Kinuta Japanese

Kinuya Japanese (Rare)
Variant of Kinutani.

Kira 吉良 Japanese
From 吉 (ki) meaning "good luck, fortune" and 良 (ra) meaning "good".

Kiribara Japanese
A variant of Kirihara.

Kiribata Japanese
Variant of Kirihata.

Kirida Japanese
Kiri means "paulownia" and da means "field, rice paddy".

Kirieda Japanese
"Paulownia tree branch".

Kirigaya 桐谷, 桐萱, 桐ヶ谷, キリガヤ Japanese
From 桐 (kiri), referring to the tree known commonly as the empress or foxglove tree, combined with 谷 (ya) meaning "valley," sometimes with the infixation of the historical possessive particle が (ga) (written as ヶ) that is most often used in place names and surnames... [more]

Kirihara 桐原, きりはら Japanese
From Japanese 桐 (kiri) meaning "paulownia" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Kirihata Japanese

Kirima 桐間, 霧間 Japanese (Rare)
Kiri (桐 or 霧) means "paulownia/foxglove tree" or "mist" respectively, ma (間), means "space".

Kirimura Japanese
Kiri means "paulownia" and mura means "hamlet, village".

Kirishima 桐島, 桐嶋, 霧島, 切島, キリシマ Japanese (Rare)
From 桐 (kiri), referring to the tree known commonly as the empress or foxglove tree, 霧 (kiri) meaning "fog, mist" or 切 (kiri) meaning "end, finish; bounds, limits" combined with 島/嶋 (shima) meaning "island."

Kirita Japanese
Variant of Kirida.

Kiriwara Japanese
A variant of Kirihara.

Kiriya 桐谷 Japanese
A variant of Kiritani.

Kiriyama 桐山, きりやま Japanese
From Japanese 桐 (kiri) meaning "paulownia tree" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Kisara Japanese

Kishida 岸田 Japanese
From Japanese 岸 (kishi) meaning "beach, shore, bank" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Kishikawa 岸川, きしかわ Japanese
From Japanese 岸 (kishi) meaning "beach, shore, bank" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Kishima Japanese

Kishimura Japanese

Kishioka 岸岡, キシオカ Japanese
formed with 岸 (Kishi, Gan) meaning "Beach" and 岡 (Oka, Kō) meaning "Mount; hill; knoll”. So the mean it could be interpreted as “Hill of the Beach” or “Beach Hill”

Kishiyama 岸山, きしやま Japanese
From Japanese 岸 (kishi) meaning "beach, shore, bank" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill".

Kisida きしだ Japanese

Kitada Japanese

Kitahara 北原, きたはら Japanese
From Japanese 北 (kita) meaning "north" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Kitajima 北島 Japanese
From Japanese 北 (kita) meaning "north" and 島 (shima) meaning "island".

Kitakawa Japanese
Kita means "north" and kawa means "river, stream".

Kitamura 北村 Japanese
From Japanese 北 (kita) meaning "north" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".

Kitaoka 北岡 Japanese
From Japanese 北 (kita) meaning "north" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".

Kitasawa Japanese
Kita means "north" and shima means "island".

Kitashima Japanese
Kita means "north" and shima means "island".

Kitashirakawa 北白川 Japanese
From Japanese 北 (kita) meaning "north", 白 (shira) meaning "white" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Kitaura Japanese
Kita means "north" and ura means "bay, seacoast".

Kitaya 北谷 Japanese
From 北 (kita) meaning "north" and 谷 (ya) meaning "valley".

Kitayama 北山 Japanese
From Japanese 北 (kita) meaning "north" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill".

Kitazawa 北沢, 北澤 Japanese
Kita (北) means "North", zawa/sawa (沢 or 澤) means "swamp". Sawa changes to zawa because of rendaku.

Kitazawa 北沢, 北澤, きたざわ Japanese
From Japanese 北 (kita) meaning "north" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Kiwara Japanese
Variant of Kihara.

Kiya 木谷 Japanese
Means "tree valley" in Japanese, from 木 (ki) "tree" and 谷 (ya) "valley".

Kiyama Japanese

Kiyoda Japanese

Kiyomigawa 清美川 Japanese
A notable user of this surname is Kiyomigawa Umeyuki, a sumo wrestler from Yokota, Akita Prefecture.

Kiyooka Japanese

Kiyosaka Japanese
Kiyo means "pure, clean" and saka means "slope, hill".

Kiyota 清田 Japanese
From the Japanese 清 (kiyo) "clearly," "brightly," "cleanly" and 田 (ta or da) "rice paddy."

Kiyoura 清浦 Japanese
Combination of the Kanji 清 (kiyo, "clear, pure, refreshing, clean") and 浦 (ura, "bay, inlet"). A famous bearer of this surname was Japanese Prime Minister Kiyoura Keigo (清浦 奎吾; 1850–1942).

Kizara Japanese (Rare, ?)

Kobara Japanese
Variant of Kohara.

Kobashigawa Japanese
Variant of Kobashikawa.

Kobasigawa Japanese (Anglicized)
The more common form of Kobashigawa in the Western world.

Kobata Japanese
Variant of Kohata.

Kobata 小八田, こばた Japanese (Rare)
Variant of Hatta, added Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small, little".

Kobayakawa 小早川, こばやかわ Japanese
From Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small", 早 (baya) meaning "fast" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river".

Kobiyama 小檜山, こびやま Japanese
From Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small", 檜 (hi) meaning "Japanese cypress" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Kobokawa Japanese

Kochiyama 河内山 Japanese
From 河 (ko) meaning "river, stream", 内 (chi) meaning "inside" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Koda 香田, 神田, 行田 Japanese
From Japanese 香 (kō) meaning "fragrance, incense", 神 (kō) meaning "god", or 行 (kō) meaning "journey, travel" and 田 (ta) meaning "field".

Kodaira Japanese
Ko means "small" and daira is a form of taira meaning "peace, level". ... [more]

Kodajima 古田島, こだじま Japanese
From Japanese 古 (Ko) meaning "Old" and 田 (Ta, Da) meaning "Rice Field" and 島 (Shima) meaning "Island"

Kodama Japanese

Kodama 児玉, 兒玉, こだま Japanese
From Japanese 児 or 兒 (ko) meaning "child, young" and 玉 (tama) meaning "jewel, ball".

Kodama 小玉, こだま Japanese
From Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small" and 玉 (tama) meaning "jewel, ball".

Kodera Japanese
"Little temple".

Koga 古賀, こが Japanese
From Japanese 古 (ko) meaning "old, past" and 賀 (ka) meaning "congratulate, greet, celebrate".

Koganesawa Japanese

Koganezawa Japanese

Kogawa Japanese
Variant of Kokawa.

Kogawara 小笠原 Japanese
Variant reading of Ogasawara.

Kohara Japanese

Kohata Japanese

Kohchiyama Japanese
Variant of Kochiyama.

Kohinata 小日向, こひなた Japanese
From Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small", 日 (hi) meaning "day, sun" and 向 (na, ta) meaning "approach".

Kohira Japanese
A variant of Kodaira.... [more]

Kohsaka Japanese
Variant transcription of Kosaka.

Kohyama Japanese
Variant transcription of Koyama.

Koida Japanese

Koinuma 鯉沼 Japanese
From 鯉 (koi) meaning "carp fish" and 沼 (numa) meaning "swamp, marsh".

Kōja 紅蛇, こうじゃ Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 紅 (kō) meaning "crimson; vivid red" and 蛇 (ja) meaning "snake; serpent".

Koja 紅蛇, こうじゃ Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 紅蛇 (see Kōja).

Kojika 小鹿 Japanese

Kojima 小島, 児島 Japanese
From Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small" or 児 (ko) meaning "young" and 島 (shima) meaning "island".

Kōjiya 麹屋, 麹家, 麹谷, 糀屋, 糀谷 Japanese
From Japanese 麹 (kōji) meaning a substance made from plant molds to make fermented products and 屋 (ya) meaning "seller; shop".

Kojiya 麹屋, 麹家, 麹谷, 糀屋, 糀谷 Japanese
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 麹屋, 麹家, 麹谷, 糀屋, 糀谷, 糀矢, 粷谷, or 小路谷 (see Kojiya) or a variant reading of Japanese Kanji 小路谷 (see Kōjiya).

Kōka 紅粉, こうか Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 紅花 (kōka) meaning "red- or crimson-colored flower", referring to an occupation that involves flowers and rouge powder.

Kokawa 小川 Japanese
Ko means "small" and kawa means "river".

Kokoba 木々葉, 小々葉 Japanese
From Japanese 木 (ko) meaning "tree" or 小 (ko) meaning "small, little" combined with 々, which duplicates the first syllable and 葉 (ba) meaning "leaf". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Kokuda 小管, こくだ Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 小管 (see Kosuge).

Komaba 駒場 Japanese
From 駒 (koma) meaning "young horse, foal" and 場 (ba) meaning "place".

Komada Japanese
Ko could mean "small, little" or "old", ma could mean "real, genuine" and da comes from ta meaning "rice paddy, field".

Komaeda 小前田, 古前田, コマエダ Japanese (Rare)
From 小 (ko) meaning "small, little" or 古 (ko) meaning "old" combined with Maeda.... [more]

Komagata Japanese
Ko could mean "little, small" or "old". Ma could mean "genuine, real" or "horse". Gata could come from kata meaning "shape, form".

Komata Japanese

Komatsubara 小松原, こまつばら Japanese
From Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small", 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Komiya 小宮 Japanese
小 (Ko) means "small" and 宮 (miya) means "shrine".

Komiya 小宮, こみや Japanese
From Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small" and 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace".

Komiyama Japanese

Komiyama 小宮山, こみやま Japanese
From Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small", 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Kōmura 高村, こうむら Japanese
From Japanese 高 (kō) meaning "tall, high" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".

Komura 高村, こうむら Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 高村 (see Kōmura).

Komura 小村, こむら Japanese
From Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small, Little" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, hamlet, village".

Komuta 小無田, 小牟田 Japanese
From 小 (ko) meaning "small, little", 無 (mu) meaning "naught, nothing" or 牟 (mu) meaning "pupil (of the eye)", and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Konagawa 小長川 Japanese
The Japanese surname "Konagawa" (小長川) consists of three kanji characters: "小" meaning "small," "長" meaning "long," and "川" meaning "river." So, "Konagawa" could be interpreted as "small long river." However, as with many Japanese surnames, there may be variations in meaning and interpretation depending on the family's history and region.

Konaka 小中 Japanese
小 (Ko) means "small" and 中 (naka) means "middle".

Konda Japanese
Written with characters meaning ‘now’ and ‘rice paddy’, this version of the name is found mostly in eastern Japan. In western Japan it is pronounced Imata.

Kon'yashima 紺屋嶋, 紺屋島, こんやしま Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 紺屋嶋 or 紺屋島 (see Koyajima).

Konyashima 紺屋嶋, 紺屋島, こんやしま Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 紺屋嶋 or 紺屋島 (see Kon'yashima).

Kore-eda Japanese (Rare)
Derived from the medieval given name Kore-Eda(是枝) means 'correct branch'. Hirokazu Kore-Eda is a famous movie director.

Koriyama 氷山 Japanese
Possibly from 氷 (kori, hyou) meaning "ice" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill".

Kosaka 香坂, こうさか Japanese
From 香 (kou) meaning "fragrance" and 坂 (saka) meaning "slope."

Kosaka 小坂, 小阪, こさか Japanese
From Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small" and 坂 or 阪 (saka) meaning "slope".

Koshiba 小柴, こしば Japanese
From 小 (ko) meaning "small, little" and 柴 (shiba) meaning "firewood".

Koshigaya Japanese

Koshikawa Japanese

Koshima 小島, 児島 Japanese
From Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small" or 児 (ko) meaning "young" and 島 (shima) meaning "island".

Koshiya Japanese

Kosora Japanese

Kosuga 小菅, 小管, こすが Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 小菅 or 小管 (see Kosuge).

Kota Japanese

Kotaira Japanese
Ko means "small" and taira means "peace, level".

Kotaka 小高 Japanese
From Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small" and 高 (taka) meaning "tall, high".

Koteda Japanese

Kotomura Japanese
Koto means "flute" and mura means "village".

Kotooka Japanese

Koura Japanese
Ko means "small" and ura means "bay, seacoast".

Kousaka Japanese

Kowaka Japanese

Kowara Japanese
Variant of Kohara.

Koyajima 紺屋嶋, 紺屋島, こやじま Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 紺屋島 (Koyajima) meaning "Koyajima", a division in the area of Gomajima in the city of Oyabe in the prefecture of Toyama in Japan.... [more]

Koyama 小山 Japanese
From the Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain."

Kozaka Japanese
Variant of Kosaka.

Kozakura 小桜, こざくら Japanese
From Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small" and 桜 (sakura) meaning "cherry blossom".

Kozuka 小塚, こづか Japanese
From Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "little, small" and 塚 (tsuka) meaning "hillock, mound".

Kuba 久場 Japanese
From 久 (ku) meaning "long time ago" and 場 (ba) meaning "place".... [more]

Kubara Japanese (Rare)
Variant of Kuhara.

Kuboda Japanese

Kubodera Japanese
Variant of Kubotera.

Kubooka Japanese

Kubota 久保田, 窪田, くぼた Japanese
From the Japanese 久 (ku) meaning "long time ago" combined with 保 (ho) "protect, defend, guard" or 窪 (kubo) meaning "hollow" that is then combined with and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy."

Kubotera Japanese

Kuboyama 久保山 Japanese
From Japanese 久 (ku) meaning "long time ago", 保 (ho) meaning "protect" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Kueda 久枝, くえだ Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 久枝 (see Hisaeda).

Kuga 久我 Japanese
From the Japanese 久 (ku or hisa) "long time," and 我 (ga) "self."

Kugimiya 釘宮, クギミヤ Japanese
This surname is used as 釘宮 with 釘 (chou, tei, kugi) meaning "nail, peg, tack" and 宮 (kyuu, ku, kuu, guu, miya) meaning "constellations, palace, princess, Shinto shrine."... [more]

Kuhara Japanese (Rare)
Ku means "long time" and hara means "plain, field".

Kujikawa 久慈川 Japanese
From Japanese 久 (ku) meaning "long time ago", 慈 (ji) meaning "mercy", and 川 (kawa) meaning "river".

Kujira Japanese (Rare)
Kujira is an uncommon Japanese surname and first name that literally means "whale".

Kuma Japanese
Kuma could mean "bear", or it could be written with ku meaning "long lasting, long time ago" and ma meaning "horse" or "flax".

Kumada 熊田, くまだ Japanese
From Japanese 熊 (kuma) meaning "bear" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Kumagaya Japanese

Kumakura 熊倉, くまくら Japanese
From Japanese 熊 (kuma) meaning "bear" and 倉 (kura) meaning "to have, to possess, granary, storehouse".

Kumasaka 熊坂, くまさか Japanese
From Japanese 熊 (kuma) meaning "bear" and 坂 (saka) meaning "slope, hill".

Kumasawa 熊沢, 熊澤, くまさわ Japanese
From Japanese 熊 (kuma) meaning "bear" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "swamp, marsh".

Kumata Japanese

Kumaya Japanese

Kumazawa Japanese
Variant of Kumasawa.

Kumigashira 組頭 Japanese
From 組 (kumi) meaning "group, set," and 頭 (kashira) meaning "head".

Kunida 国田 Japanese
From Japanese 国 (kuni) meaning "a land, a large place" combined with 田 (da) meaning "paddy, field".

Kunimura 国村 Japanese
From Japanese 国 (kuni) meaning "country" and 村 (mura) meaning "village, hamlet".

Kuninaka 国仲 Japanese
From 国 (kuni) meaning "country, land" and 仲 (naka) meaning "relations, terms".

Kunita Japanese

Kunugiza 椚座, くぬぎざ Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 椚座 (Kunugiza) meaning "Kunugiza", a former division in the former village of Kusaka in the former district of Tsuna in the former Japanese province of Awaji in parts of present-day Hyōgo, Japan.

Kurada Japanese

Kurama Japanese
Kura can mean "own, possess, warehouse, storehouse" and ma can mean "horse".

Kuramura Japanese
Kura means "storehouse" and mura means "village, hamlet".

Kurasawa 倉沢 Japanese
倉 (Kura) means "Owns, Storehouse, Posesses" and 沢 (Sawa) means "Marsh, Swamp".

Kuribara Japanese

Kurida 栗田 Japanese
From 栗 (kuri) meaning "chestnut" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Kurigawa 栗川, くりがわ Japanese
The Surname "Kurigawa/Kurikawa" translates to "Chestnut River"

Kurihaba 栗幅, 栗巾, 栗幡, くりはば Japanese
栗幅 = chestnut | hanging scroll; width ... [more]

Kurihara 栗原, くりはら Japanese
From Japanese 栗 (kuri) meaning "chesnut" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Kurikara Japanese (Rare)
Kuri means "chestnut" and kara means "larch."

Kurimida Japanese
Kurimi means "chestnut" and da comes from ta meaning "rice paddy, field".

Kurimita Japanese
Kurimi means "chestnut" and ta means "field, rice paddy".

Kurioka Japanese

Kurita 栗田, くりた Japanese
From Japanese 栗 (kuri) meaning "chesnut" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Kuritsuka Japanese
Kuri means "chestnut" and tsuka means "mound, hillock".

Kuriwara Japanese

Kuriyama 栗山, くりやま Japanese
From Japanese 栗 (kuri) meaning "chestnut" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Kurizuka Japanese
A variant of Kuritsuka.... [more]

Kuroba 黒羽 Japanese
From the Japanese 黒 (kuro) meaning "black" and 羽 (ha) meaning "feather, plume."

Kurohata Japanese

Kuroita Japanese
Kuro means "black" and ita mean "board, plank".

Kurokawa 黒川, 黒河, クロカワ Japanese
From Japanese 黒 (kuro) meaning "black" combined with 川 (kawa) or 河 (kawa) both meaning "river."

Kuromiya Japanese
Kuro means "Black" and Miya means "Shrine".... [more]

Kuromusha 黒武者, くろむしゃ Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 黒武者 (Kuromusha) meaning "Kuromusha", a division in the division of Urano in the area of Iriki in the city of Satsumasendai in the prefecture of Kagoshima in Japan or 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.

Kuroniwa Japanese
Kuro means "black" and niwa means "garden".

Kuronuma 黒沼 Japanese
Kuro means "black" and numa means "swamp".

Kurosaka Japanese
Kuro means "Black" and Saka means "Hill, Slope".

Kuroshima 黒島 Japanese
From Japanese 黒 (kuro) meaning "black" and 島 (shima) meaning "island".

Kurota Japanese

Kurushima 栗島 Japanese
From 栗 (kuru) meaning "chestnut" and 島 (shima) meaning "island".

Kusaka 日下 Japanese
meaning of sound of KUSA-KA is grassy-place. on kanji it means 日(sun) 下(under), there is association which grass grows good under the sun. this is the special case of usage of kanji in Japanese such as 飛鳥 asuka, 春日 kasuga and 長谷川 hasegawa.

Kusaka 日下, くさか Japanese
From Japanese 日 (ku) meaning "sun, day" and 下 (saka) meaning "under, below".

Kusama 草間, くさま Japanese
From Japanese 草 (kusa) meaning "grass, herbs" and 間 (ma) meaning "among, between".

Kushida 串田 Japanese (Rare)
This surname is written multiple ways, Kushi meaning "Skewer" or "Comb" (these are different kanji),and da is "Rice Paddy".

Kushieda Japanese (Rare)
Kushi means "Comb" and Eda means "Branch, Twig".

Kushita Japanese

Kusuda 楠田, くすだ Japanese
From Japanese 楠 (kusu) meaning "camphor tree" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Kusuta Japanese

Kutsuwada Japanese

Kuwabara Japanese
Variant of Kuwahara.

Kuwada Japanese

Kuwagaya Japanese

Kuwahara 桑原 Japanese
From Japanese 桑 (kuwa) meaning "mulberry" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Kuwajima 桑島 Japanese
From 桑 (kuwa) meaning "mulberry" and 島 (shima) meaning "island". Shima changes to jima because of rendaku.

Kuwara Japanese (Rare)
Variant of Kuhara.

Kuwashima 桑島 Japanese (Rare)
Kuwa (桑) means "mulberry", shima (島) means "island". It is also possible to be spelled as Kuwajima

Kuwata Japanese

Kuwata 桑田, くわた Japanese
From Japanese 桑 (kuwa) meaning "mulberry" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Kuwawara Japanese

Kuwaya Japanese

Kuwayama Japanese

Kuwayama 桑山, くわやま Japanese
From Japanese 桑 (kuwa) meaning "mulberry" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Kyoda Japanese

Kyota Japanese

Machida 町田 Japanese
From Japanese 町 (machi) meaning "town" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Machita Japanese
Variant of Machida.

Maebara 前原 Japanese
Maebara is an uncommon Japanese surname that has more than one meaning, depending on the characters used to write it. The first and most common spelling is with the characters for "Before" (前) and "Original" (原)... [more]

Maegawa Japanese
A variant of Maekawa.... [more]

Maehara 前原, まえはら Japanese
From Japanese 前 (mae) meaning "front, forward" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Maejima Japanese
Mae means "Front, Forward" and Jima means "Island". This is a variant of Maeshima.

Maejima 前島, まえじま Japanese
From Japanese 前 (mae) meaning "front, forward" and 島 (shima) meaning "island".

Maesawa Japanese
Mae means "front, forward" and sawa means "swamp, marsh".

Maeshima Japanese
Mae means "front, forward" and shima means "island".

Maeta Japanese
Variant of Maeda.

Maeyamada Japanese
Mae means "front, forward", yama means "mountain", and da is a variant of ta meaning "field, rice paddy, wilderness".

Maezawa Japanese
Variant of Maesawa.

Maga 真賀, まが Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 真賀 (see Maka).

Maihara 舞原, マイハラ Japanese
A Japanese surname formed from the kanji characters 舞 (Mai, "dance") and 原 (Hara, "field" or "plain"). The meaning could be interpreted as "dancing field/plains" or "field/plain of dance".

Majima 真島, 真嶋 Japanese
From 真 (ma) meaning "real, genuine" and 島 or 嶋 (shima) meaning "island".

Maka 真賀, まか Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 真 (ma) meaning "true" and 賀 (ka) meaning "congratulation".

Makida Japanese
Variant of Makita.

Makihara 槙原, まきはら Japanese
From Japanese 槙 (maki) meaning "evergreen tree" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Makijima Japanese
Variant of Makishima.

Makimura Japanese
Maki can mean (牧) "shepherd" and mura can be spelled like this (村) meaning "hamlet, village".

Makioka Japanese
Maki means "shepherd" and oka means "hill, mound".

Makishima 牧島 Japanese
From Japanese 牧 (maki) meaning "shepard" and 島 (shima) meaning "island".

Makishita Japanese

Makita 真北, 牧田 Japanese
I'm not sure how the surname is usually written, but 真 (Ma) means "Genuine, Real, Sincere" and 北 (Kita) means "North". On the other hand, 牧 (Maki) means "Shepard, Tend cattle" and 田 (Ta) means "Rice Field, Rice Paddy"... [more]

Makka 真賀, まっか Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 真賀 (see Maka).

Mamiya 真宮, 茉宮 Japanese
From Japanese 真 (ma) meaning "true, genuine" or 茉 (ma) meaning "Arabian jasmine, white jasmine" combined with 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace".

Mamyoda Japanese

Mamyota Japanese

Manaka 真中, 真仲, 間中, 間仲, マナカ Japanese
This surname combines 真 (shin, ma, ma-, makoto) meaning "Buddhist sect, reality, true" or 間 (kan, ken, ai, aida, ma) meaning "interval, space" with 中 (chuu, ata.ru, uchi, naka) meaning "centre, in(side), mean, middle" or 仲 (chuu, naka) meaning "go-between, relationship."... [more]

Manaka 中, まなか Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 中 (see Naka).

Maniwa Japanese

Maoka 真岡 Japanese
From 真 (ma) meaning "truth, reality, genuine" combined with 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, knoll".

Marina Japanese

Marugaya Japanese

Maruoka Japanese

Maruya 丸谷, 圓谷, まるや Japanese
From Japanese 丸 or 圓 (maru) meaning "round, full" and 谷 (ya) meaning "valley".

Maruyama 丸山, 圓山 Japanese
From Japanese 丸 or 圓 (maru) meaning "round, full" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Masada Japanese

Masaoka Japanese
Masa means "right, proper" and oka means "hill, mound".

Masata Japanese

Mashiba 真柴, ましば Japanese
From Japanese 真 (ma) meaning "real, genuine, true" and 柴 (shiba) meaning "brushwood, firewood".

Mashima 真島, 真嶋, 眞島, 眞嶋 Japanese
From 真 or 眞 (ma) meaning "real, genuine, true" and 島 or 嶋 (shima) meaning "island".

Mashita Japanese

Masuda 増田, 益田, 舛田, 桝田, 升田 Japanese
From Japanese 増 (masu) meaning "increase", 益 (masu) meaning "benefit", 舛 (masu) meaning "oppose, to go against" (kun reading), 桝 (masu) meaning "box seat, measure" or 升 (masu) meaning "box" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Masunaga Japanese

Masuta Japanese

Masuyama 増山, 益山, 桝山, 升山 Japanese
From the Japanese 増 (masu) "increase," 益 (masu) "benefit," 桝 (masu) "box seat," "measure" or 升 (masu) "box" and 山 (yama) "mountain."

Matoba 的場, まとば Japanese
From Japanese 的 (mato) meaning "target, mark" and 場 (ba) meaning "place, situation, circumstances".