Okinawan Submitted Surnames

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

Bin 保栄茂 Okinawan (Japanized, Rare)
Japanese reading of Japanese Kanji 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.

Chinen 知念 Japanese, Okinawan
From 知 (chi) meaning "wisdom, knowledge" and 念 (nen) meaning "feeling, sense".

Fija 比嘉 Okinawan
Okinawan form of Higa.

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

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

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

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

Ganiku 我如古 Okinawan
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 (Japanized, Rare)
Japanese reading of Japanese Kanji 平安座 (see Henza).

Henza 平安座 Okinawan (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.

Hika 氷香 Japanese, Okinawan
From Japanese 氷 (hi) meaning "ice" and 香 (ka) meaning "fragrance".

Hoemo 保栄茂 Okinawan (Japanized, 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.

Ishanagyi 石垣 Okinawan (Archaic)
From Okinawan 石垣 (Ishanagyi) meaning "Ishigaki", an area in the city of Ishigaki in the prefecture of Okinawa in Japan.

Ishigaki 石垣 Japanese, Okinawan (Japanized)
From Japanese 石 (ishi) meaning "stone" and 垣 (kaki) meaning "fence".

Jachimi 座喜味 Okinawan (Rare, Archaic)
From Okinawan 座喜味 (Jachimi) meaning "Jachimi", a former area in the former district of Yuntanja in the former Ryūkyū kingdom of Chūzan in parts of present-day Okinawa, Japan, or it being the Okinawan form of Japanese 座喜味 (Zakimi) meaning "Zakimi", an area in the same place, in the village of Yomitan in the district of Nakagami in the prefecture of Okinawa in Japan.

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

Jitchaku 勢理客 Okinawan (Japanized, 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 (Japanized)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 我如古 (see Ganeko).

Kina 喜納 Okinawan

Kochiya 古知屋 Okinawan (Japanized, 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).

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 for the eldest son, Naka for the middle son, and Kuchi for the youngest son.... [more]

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

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

Noka 野底 Okinawan (Japanized, Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 野底 (see Nosoko).

Nosoko 野底 Okinawan (Japanized, Rare)
Japanese reading of Japanese Kanji 野底 (see Nusuku).

Nozoko 野底 Okinawan (Japanized, Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 野底 (see Nosoko).

Nusuku 野底 Okinawan (Rare, Archaic)
From Okinawan 野底 (Nusuku) meaning "Nosoko", an area in the city of Ishigaki in the prefecture of Okinawa in Japan.

Shimabuku 島袋 Japanese, Okinawan
Variant of Shimabukuro.

Shimabukuro 島袋 Japanese, Okinawan
From Japanese 島 (shima) meaning "island" and 袋 (fukuro) meaning "bag, sack, pouch".

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".

Shiroma 城間 Okinawan (Japanized)
Japanese form of the Okinawan surname 城間 (Gushikuma), derived from Okinawan 城 (gushiku) meaning "castle" and 間 (ma) meaning "among, between".

Tamamoto 玉元 Japanese, Ryukyuan, Okinawan
From 玉 (tama) meaning "jewel, ball" and 元 (moto) meaning "origin".

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".

Zakimi 座喜味 Okinawan (Japanized)
Japanese reading of Japanese Kanji 座喜味 (see Jachimi).

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