Frequency: (543)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Japanese: ‘seashore rice paddy’; found in the island of Shikoku and in the Ryūkyū Islands. Several unrelated families bearing this name descend from the Fujiwara, Taira, Kikuchi, Arakida, and other clans.
GIVEN NAMES: Japanese 46%. Hiroshi (3), Isao (3), Kenji (3), Koichi (3), Koji (3), Masaru (3), Sadao (3), Haruo (2), Hiroyuki (2), Iwao (2), Junichi (2), Katsuyuki (2).
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