Adachi
Top
Frequency: (303)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Japanese: variously written, usually with characters meaning ‘foot’ and ‘stand’, a habitational name, found mainly in northern Japan, from Adachi-ga-hara in Fukushima prefecture. The Adachi of Dewa (now Akita prefecture) descend from Fujiwara no Yamakage (824-888).
GIVEN NAMES: Japanese 68%. Kenji (5), Atsushi (3), Fumio (3), Hiroshi (3), Jiro (3), Minoru (3), Takashi (3), Taro (3), Yoshiyuki (3), Hideyo (2), Ichiro (2), Masashi (2).
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
Post a question - any question - to the WikiAnswers community:
Copyrights:
Oxford Dictionary of Family Names
Dictionary of American Family Names. Copyright © 2006 Patrick Hanks. All rights reserved.
Read more
Mentioned in
The Slanted Screen: Asian Men in Film & Television
(2006 Film, TV & Radio Film)
Kasa Kasa
(2004 Album by Ausia)
Seiyugi
(1968 Film)
Kinjirareta Taiken
(1979 Film)
Adachi Kyodai
(2004 Album by Adachi Kyodai)
» More