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Updated January 3, 2024

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Family name origins & meanings

  • Filipino : unexplained.
  • Indonesian : unexplained.
  • Japanese (Gō) : variously written; the most common form simply means ‘village’. The surname is found in eastern Japan and on Amami in the Ryūkyū Islands.
  • Chinese : variant of Wu 1.
  • Chinese : variant of Wu 4.

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