Frequency: (165)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Japanese: habitational name from a village so named in Awa (now part of Chiba prefecture). Bearers are descended from the Miurabranch of the Taira clan.
GIVEN NAMES: Japanese 53%. Tadashi (3), Akira (2), Hitoshi (2), Minoru (2), Aki, Atsuo, Chizuko, Fumiko, Hiroshi, Izumi, Kaoru, Katsuji.
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