Frequency: (104)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Japanese (mostly found in western Japan): habitational name from a village so named (‘cedar rice paddy’) in Iwashiro (now Fukushima prefecture). Bearers are descended from the Minamoto clan.
GIVEN NAMES: Japanese 67%. Hideo (2), Motomi (2), Yoshio (2), Akira, Ayako, Etsuko, Gengo, Hiroki, Hisako, Kaoru, Katsuhiro, Kenichi.
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