Okinawan Submitted Surnames

Aniko 我如古 Okinawan (Rare), Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 我如古 (see Ganeko).

Bin 保栄茂 Okinawan (Rare), Japanese (Rare)
Japanese reading of 保栄茂 (see Boemo).

Boemo 保栄茂 Okinawan (Rare, Archaic)
From Okinawan 保栄茂 (Boemo) meaning "Bin", a district in Tomigusuku, Okinawa, Japan.

Fija 比嘉 Okinawan
Okinawan form of Higa.

Gajoko 我如古 Okinawan (Rare), Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 我如古 (see Ganeko).

Ganeko 我如古 Okinawan, Japanese
Japanese reading of Japanese Kanji 我如古 (see Ganiku).

Ganeku 我如古 Okinawan (Rare), Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 我如古 (see Ganeko).

Ganiku 我如古 Okinawan, Japanese
From Okinawan 我如古 (Ganiku) meaning "Ganeko", an area in Ginowan, Okinawa, Japan.

Gushiken 具志堅 Okinawan, Japanese
Means "strong-willed" from Japanese 具 (gu) meaning "tool, utensil, means", 志 (shi) meaning "intention, will", and 堅 (ken) meaning "hard, resolute, unyielding".

Heianza 平安座 Okinawan (Rare), Japanese (Rare)
Japanese reading of Japanese Kanji 平安座 (see Henza).

Henza 平安座 Okinawan (Rare), Japanese (Rare)
From Okinawan 平安座 (Henza) meaning "Henza", an island in the city of Uruma in the prefecture of Okinawa in Japan.

Higa 比嘉 Okinawan, Japanese
Japanese borrowing of Okinawan 比嘉 (Fija), which is of uncertain meaning.

Higaon'na 東恩納 Okinawan
Variant of Higashion'na.

Higashion'na 東恩納 Okinawan
From the place name 'Higashion'na' in Okinawa, Japan.

Hoemo 保栄茂 Okinawan (Rare), Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of 保栄茂 (see Bin).

Iriomote 西表 Okinawan (Rare), Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 西表 (Iriomote) meaning "Iriomote", an island in Taketomi, Okinawa, Japan.

Jahana 謝花 Okinawan
Possibly from Japanese 謝 (ja) meaning "apologise, thanks" and 花 (hana) meaning "flower".

Jitchaku 勢理客 Okinawan (Rare), Japanese (Rare)
Japanese reading of Japanese Kanji 勢理客 (see Zerikyaku).

Kanagusuku 金城 Okinawan
The Okinawan language reading of its kanji, meaning "golden castle".

Kaneko 我如古 Okinawan, Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 我如古 (see Ganeko).

Kina 喜納 Okinawan

Kochiya 古知屋 Okinawan (Rare), Japanese (Rare)
Japanese reading of Japanese Kanji 古知屋 (see Kucha).

Kucha 古知屋 Okinawan (Rare, Archaic)
From Okinawan 古知屋 (Kucha) meaning "Kucha", a former village in the former district of Kin in the former Ryūkyū Kingdom.

Naga 奈賀, 名嘉 Japanese, Okinawan
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 奈賀 or 名嘉 (see Naka 2).

Naka 中, 仲, 奈加, 奈賀, 名加 Japanese, Okinawan
From Japanese 中 (naka) meaning "middle; center". It is a reference to an event in the Northern and Southern Courts Period, of 3 sons of Takase who became heroes for the south. The emperor of Japan awarded each of the sons a new surname; Oku 3 for the eldest son, Naka for the middle son, and Kuchi for the youngest son.... [more]

Nayoshi 名嘉 Okinawan, Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 名嘉 (see Naka 2).

Nishiomote 西表 Japanese (Rare), Okinawan (Rare)
Variant reading of Iriomote.

Shimoji 下地 Okinawan (Rare)
Comes from the island in Okinawa, Japan, called Shimoji. The combination of Kanji characters are 下 meaning "down, below", and 地 meaning "place, territory".

Ufugusuku 大城 Okinawan
The Okinawan language reading of its kanji, meaning "big castle".

Wiibaru 上原, 植原 Okinawan
The Okinawan language reading of its kanji, 上原 meaning "upper plain" or 植原 meaning "planted plain".

Zerikyaku 勢理客 Okinawan (Rare), Japanese (Rare)
From Okinawan 勢理客 (Zerikyaku) meaning "Jitchaku", a district in Urasoe, Okinawa, Japan.