Frequency: (257)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Japanese: 1. (Ōshima): ‘large island’. Japan has islands of all sizes and many families have taken the name. 2. (Oshima): variant pronunciation of Ojima or Kojima.
GIVEN NAMES: Japanese 56%. Hiroshi (3), Haruo (2), Keiichi (2), Kiyoshi (2), Seiko (2), Shigeru (2), Yoshi (2), Yoshiko (2), Yukiko (2), Aki, Akira, Chiharu.
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