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Updated January 4, 2024

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Family name origins & meanings

  • Japanese : ‘peaceful hill’; found mostly in western Japan and the Ryūkyū Islands. Some bearers of the name descend from the Kudō branch of the southern Fujiwara, others from the Mizoguchi branch of the Minamoto.

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