Browse Submitted Surnames

Tanigawa 谷川 Japanese
From Japanese 谷 (tani) meaning "valley" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Tanihara Japanese
Tani means "valley" and hara means "plain". ... [more]

Tanikawa 谷川, 谷河 Japanese
From the Japanese 谷 (tani) meaning "valley" and 川 or 河 (kawa) meaning "stream, river."

Tanikuwa Japanese

Tanimura 谷村, たにむら Japanese
From Japanese 谷 (tani) meaning "valley" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".

Taninaka Japanese
Tani means "valley" and naka means "middle".

Tanioka Japanese
Tani means "valley" and oka means "ridge, hill".

Tanisawa Japanese
Tani means "valley" and sawa means "swamp, marsh".

Tanita Japanese

Taniura 谷浦 Japanese
From Japanese 谷 (tani) meaning "valley" and 浦 (ura) meaning "bay, inlet".

Taniwara Japanese (Rare)
Variant of Tanihara.

Taniyama Japanese
Tani means "valley" and yama means "mountain". ... [more]

Tanizawa Japanese
Variant of Tanisawa.

Tanooka Japanese

Tanuma 田沼, たぬま Japanese
From Japanese 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" and 沼 (numa) meaning "swamp, wetland, marsh".

Tanzawa 丹沢, 丹澤, たんざわ Japanese
From Japanese 丹 (tan) meaning "cinnabar" and 沢/澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Taoda Japanese

Tasaka 田坂, 田阪, たさか Japanese
From Japanese 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" and 坂 or 阪 (saka) meaning "slope".

Tasawa 田澤, 田沢, 多澤, 多沢 Japanese
Variant of Tazawa.

Tashima Japanese
Ta means "field, rice patty" and shima means "island".

Tatara たたら, 多々良 Japanese
From 多 (ta) meaning "many", 々, a phonetic character indicting a duplication of the beginning kanji, combined with 良 (ra) meaning "good".

Tateoka 立岡, たておか Japanese
From Japanese 立 (tate) meaning "stand, rise" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".

Tateyama 館山, たてやま Japanese
From Japanese 館 (tate) meaning "large building, mansion" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Tatsuda 竜田, たつだ Japanese
From 竜 (tatsu) meaning "dragon" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Tatsumura Japanese
Tatsu means "dragon" and mura could mean "town" or "hamlet, village".

Tatsuoka Japanese
Tatsu means "Stand" or "Dragon, Imperial", and Oka means "Ridge, Hill."

Tatsushima 立島 Japanese
立 (Tachi) means "stand" and 島 (shima) means island.... [more]

Tatsuta Japanese

Taura 田浦, たうら Japanese
From Japanese 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" and 浦 (ura) meaning "bay, inlet".

Tawa Japanese

Tawada Japanese

Tawaraya Japanese

Tawata Japanese
Variant of Tawada.

Tayama 田山, たやま Japanese
From Japanese 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Tazawa 田澤, 田沢, 多澤, 多沢 Japanese
From the Japanese 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" or 多 (ta) meaning "various, many" combined with 澤 or 沢 (sawa) meaning "wetland, marsh, swamp."

Tejima 手島, 手嶋 Japanese
Variant of Teshima.

Tekazewa Japanese

Tennohja 天王寺谷, てんのうじゃ Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 天王寺谷 (see Tennōja).

Tennohjiya 天王寺谷, てんのうじや Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 天王寺谷 (see Tennōjiya).

Tennōja 天王寺谷, てんのうじゃ Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 天王寺谷 (see Tennōjiya).

Tennoja 天王寺谷, てんのうじゃ Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 天王寺谷 (see Tennōja).

Tennōjiya 天王寺谷, てんのうじや Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 天王寺谷 (Tennōjiya), script-changed from 天王寺屋 (Tennōjiya) meaning "Tennōji Store", a store that was in the ward of Tennōji in the city of Ōsaka in the prefecture of Ōsaka in Japan.

Tennojiya 天王寺谷, てんのうじや Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 天王寺谷 (see Tennōjiya).

Tennouja 天王寺谷, てんのうじゃ Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 天王寺谷 (see Tennōja).

Tennoujiya 天王寺谷, てんのうじや Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 天王寺谷 (see Tennōjiya).

Terada 寺田 Japanese
From Japanese 寺 (tera) meaning "Buddhist temple" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Teragaya Japanese

Terajima Japanese
Variant of Terashima.

Teramura Japanese

Teraoka Japanese
Tera means "temple" and oka means "hill".

Teraoka 寺岡, てらおか Japanese
From Japanese 寺 (tera) meaning "temple" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".

Terasawa 寺沢, てらさわ Japanese
From Japanese 寺 (tera) meaning "temple" and 沢 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Terashima 寺島, 寺嶋 Japanese
From Japanese 寺 (tera) meaning "Buddhist temple" and 島 or 嶋 (shima) meaning "island".

Terashita Japanese

Terata Japanese

Teraya Japanese

Terunuma 照沼, てるぬま Japanese
From Japanese 照 (teru) meaning "shine" and 沼 (numa) meaning "swamp, marsh".

Teshigawara 勅使河原 Japanese
From Japanese 勅 (te) meaning "imperial order", 使 (shi) meaning "messenger, envoy", 河 (ga) meaning "river", and 原 (wara) meaning "field".

Teshima 手島, 手嶋, てしま Japanese
From Japanese 手 (te) meaning "hand" and 島 or 嶋 (shima) meaning "island".

Tetsuka Japanese
Te means "hand" and tsuka means "mound, hillock".

Tezuka 手塚, テヅカ Japanese
From Japanese 手 (te) meaning "hand" and 塚 (tsuka) meaning "mound, hillock, grave".

Toba 鳥羽 Japanese
From Japanese 鳥 (to) meaning "bird" and 羽 (ba) meaning "feather".

Tobida Japanese

Tobita Japanese

Toda 戸田, とだ, 當田, 遠田, 東田 Japanese
Japanese: there are multiple meanings with this surname depending on the kanji used. ... [more]

Toga 東賀, 渡我, とが, トーガ Japanese
From Japanese 東 (tō) "East", "eastern" and 賀 (ga) "congratulation". Other kanji combinations can form this surname as well.

Togata 通形 Japanese
From Japanese 通 (to, tou, tō) meaning "through" and 形 (gata) meaning "form"

Tohma Japanese

Tokida Japanese

Tokioka Japanese

Tokita Japanese

Tokiwa 管和 Japanese
Combination of Kanji Characters "管" meaning "Organize", and "和" meaning "Normal", "Japanese". Other combinations possible.

Tokuda 徳田, とくだ Japanese
From Japanese 徳 (toku) meaning "benevolence, virtue" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Tokugawa 徳川 Japanese
From 徳 (toku) meaning "virtue" and 川 (kawa) meaning "stream, river".

Tokuma 徳間 Japanese
From 徳 (toku) meaning "virtue" and 間 (ma) meaning "pause".

Tokunaga 徳永, とくなが Japanese
From Japanese 徳 (toku) meaning "benevolence, virtue" and 永 (naga 3) meaning "perpetual, eternal".

Tokushima 徳島 Japanese
From Japanese 徳 (toku) meaning "benevolence, virtue" and 島 (shima) meaning "island".

Tokuta Japanese

Tokutaka Japanese

Tokuyama Japanese
Combination of Kanji Characters 徳 meaning "Virtue" and 山 meaning "Mountain".

Toma Japanese

Tomida Japanese
Tomi means "wealth, abundance" and da comes from ta meaning "field, wilderness, plain".

Tomikawa 富川, 冨川, 富河, 冨河, トミカワ Japanese
From 富/冨 (tomi) meaning "riches, wealth, fortune" combined with 川/河 (kawa) meaning "river."

Tominaga 富永, 冨永 Japanese
From Japanese 富 or 冨 (tomi) meaning "wealth, abundance" and 永 (naga) meaning "eternity".

Tomisawa Japanese
Tomi means "wealth, abundance" and sawa means "swamp, marsh".

Tomita 富田, 冨田 Japanese
From Japanese 富 or 冨 (tomi) meaning "wealth, fortune" and 田 (ta) meaning "field".

Tomiyama 富山, 冨山, トミヤマ Japanese
From Japanese 富 or 冨 (tomi) meaning "abundant, rich, wealthy" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill".

Tomizawa 富沢, 富澤, とみざわ Japanese
From Japanese 富 (tomi) meaning "wealth, abundance" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "wetland, swamp, marsh".

Tomoeda Japanese
Tomo means "Friend", Eda means "Branch, Twig".

Tomogaya Japanese
Variant of Tomotani.

Tomonaga 朝長, 朝永 Japanese
From Japanese 朝 (tomo) meaning "morning, epoch, period" and 長 (naga) meaning "long" or 永 (naga) meaning "eternity".

Tomonaga 友永 Japanese
From Japanese 友 (tomo) meaning "friend" and 永 (naga) meaning "eternity".

Tomooka Japanese
Tomo means "friend" and oka means "hill".

Tomosaka 友坂 Japanese
友 (Tomo) means "friend" and 坂 (saka) means "slope, hill".

Tomotaka Japanese

Tomoya Japanese
Variant of Tomotani.

Tomura Japanese

Tonooka Japanese

Tooyama Japanese

Torihama 鳥濱 Japanese
From 鳥 (tori) meaning "bird, chicken" and 濱 (hama) meaning "seashore, beach".

Toriyama 鳥山, とりやま Japanese
From Japanese 鳥 (tori) meaning "bird" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill". A notable bearer of this surname is Akira Toriyama (1955–), a manga artist best known for creating the Dragon Ball manga series.

Tosa Japanese

Toshima Japanese

Toshinaka 俊中 Japanese
俊(toshi) meaning “talented” and 中 (naka) meaning “medium”. Other kanji combinations are possible

Totaka 戸高, とたか Japanese
From Japanese 戸 (to) meaning "door" and 高 (taka) meaning "tall, high".

Totsuka 戸塚, とつか Japanese
From Japanese 戸 (to) meaning "door" and 塚 (tsuka) meaning "hillock, mound".

Touma Japanese

Toya Japanese
From Japanese 斗 (to) “constellation” and 矢 (ya) “arrow”

Toyama 当山, とうやま Japanese
From 当 (tou) meaning "this, correct" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain."

Toyamada Japanese

Toyohara Japanese

Toyokawa 豊川, とよかわ Japanese
From Japanese 豊 (toyo) meaning "bountiful, luxuriant" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Toyonaga 豊永 Japanese
From Japanese 豊 (toyo) meaning "lush, abundant" and 永 (naga) meaning "eternity, a long time".

Toyota 豊田 Japanese
From Japanese 豊 (toyo) meaning "bountiful, luxuriant" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Tozawa 戸沢, 戸澤, とざわ Japanese
From Japanese 戸 (to) meaning "door" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "swamp, wetland, marsh".

Tozuka Japanese
Variant of Totsuka.

Tsubakihara Japanese

Tsuboda Japanese

Tsubogawa Japanese
Variant of Tsubokawa.

Tsubokawa Japanese

Tsubosaka Japanese

Tsubota Japanese

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."

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".

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

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

Tsugunaga 嗣永, つぐなが Japanese

Tsujida Japanese

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

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

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".

Tsukahara 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.

Tsukata Japanese

Tsukawara Japanese
Variant of Tsukahara.

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".

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.”

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".

Tsukuta Japanese

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".

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

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

Tsuneyama Japanese

Tsunota Japanese

Tsuraoka Japanese

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.

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".

Tsushima Japanese

Tsutena Japanese

Tsuyama Japanese

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".

Uchibara Japanese
Variant of Uchihara.

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

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".

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

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

Uchita Japanese

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

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

Uegawa Japanese
Variant of Uekawa.

Uehira Japanese

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

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

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

Uenoyama 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]

Ueshiba Japanese

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

Ueta Japanese
Variant transcription of Ueda.

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".

Uezaka Japanese
Variant of Uesaka.

Uezuka Japanese
Variant of Uetsuka.

Uigawa Japanese
Variant of Uikawa.

Uikawa Japanese

Uisawa Japanese

Uizawa Japanese
Variant of Uisawa.

Ujigaya Japanese

Ujihara Japanese

Ujiya Japanese

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

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".

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

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

Umena 梅名 Japanese
From 梅 ume) meaning "plum" and 名 (na) meaning "reputation, name, status".

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

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

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

Unuma Japanese

Ura Japanese
Ura means "bay, seacoast".

Urabata Japanese

Urada Japanese

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

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

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".

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).

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".

Usada Japanese

Usata 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".

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".

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

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".

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".

Uyama Japanese

Uyeda Japanese
Variant of Ueda.

Uyehara Japanese
Variant transcription of Uehara.

Uyeta Japanese
Variant transcription of Ueta.

Waga Japanese
Waga means "young".

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

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

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

Wakada Japanese

Wakagaya Japanese
Variant of Wakatani.

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

Wakanohana Japanese

Wakasa 若狭, 輪笠 Japanese
Comes from an old province in Japan.

Wakata 若田, 若多 Japanese
From the Japanese 若 (waka) "young" and 田 (ta or da) "rice paddy" or 多 (ta or da) "many."

Wakawada Japanese

Wakaya Japanese
Variant of Wakatani.

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

Wakida Japanese
Waki means "side" and da means "rice paddy, field".

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

Wakita 脇田, わきた Japanese
From Japanese 脇 (waki) meaning "side" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

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.

Washima Japanese

Wata Japanese

Ya Japanese
From Japanese ya meaning "night". Note that other kanji interpretations and meanings could be possible.

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

Yabuta Japanese

Yada 矢田 Japanese
From the Japanese 矢 (ya) "arrow" and 田 (da or ta) "rice paddy."

Yada 八田, 八多, やだ Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 八田 or 八多 (see Hatta).

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

Yagira 柳楽 Japanese
From Japanese 柳 (yagi) meaning "willow" combined with 楽 (ra) meaning "music, comfort, ease".

Yagishita 柳下, やぎした Japanese
From Japanese 柳 (yagi) meaning "willow" and 下 (shita) meaning "under, below".

Yahaba 矢幅, 矢羽々, 矢羽羽, やはば Japanese
From Japanese 矢幅 (Yahaba) meaning "Yahaba", a former village in the district of Shiwa in the former Japanese province of Rikuchū in parts of present-day Iwate and Akita in Japan.... [more]

Yahaha 矢羽々, やはは Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 矢羽々 (see Yahaba).

Yahata 八幡 Japanese
From 八 (ya) meaning "eight" and 幡 (hata) meaning "banner, flag".

Yahata 八田, やはた Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 八田 (see Hatta).

Yaida Japanese

Yajima 矢島, 矢嶋, 谷島, やじま Japanese
Derived from Japanese 矢 (ya) meaning "arrow" or 谷 (ya) meaning "valley, lowland, plain" combined with 島 or 嶋 (shima) meaning "island".... [more]

Yama Japanese
Yama means "Mountain".

Yamaba Japanese

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

Yamaga Japanese

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.

Yamaha 山葉 Japanese (Rare)
This Japanese surname is more found in Brazil than Japan, because of Japanese immigrants who immigrated from Japan to Brazil. Notable bearer of this surname: Torakusu Yamaha (Japanese entrepreneur who was the founder of the Yamaha Corporation).

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

Yamaka 山火, やまか Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 山火 (see Yamabi).