Frequency: (166)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Japanese: meaning ‘shallow plain’; probably derived from two places of that name, one in Mino (now southern Gifu prefecture), the other in Owari (now Nagoya prefecture). Both families descend from the Minamoto clan through the Toki family.
GIVEN NAMES: Japanese 78%. Hiroko (4), Takashi (4), Hiroshi (3), Akira (2), Koichi (2), Koji (2), Toshio (2), Toshiyasu (2), Tsuyoshi (2), Yumiko (2), Aki, Akihiko.
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