Frequency: (126)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Japanese: ‘(one who lives) in the middle of the field’; the name is found mostly in eastern Japan. Listed in the Shinsen shōjiroku; when that record was compiled the name was pronounced Nunaka.
GIVEN NAMES: Japanese 52%. Hiroshi (2), Manabu (2), Taro (2), Akihiko, Atsuko, Chieko, Goro, Hatsuko, Hideko, Hideo, Iwao, Junichi.
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