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Updated January 4, 2024

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Family name origins & meanings

  • Japanese : ‘blessed longevity’; most common in western Japan and the Ryūkyū Islands. There are several unrelated bearers of the name, from such widely separated places as Awa (now Tokushima prefecture), Hyūga (now Miyazaki prefecture), and a family descended from the Sasaki of Ōmi (now Shiga prefecture).

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