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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Japanese : ‘central plain’; mostly found in the island of Kyūshū. Borne by descendants of the Mononobe clan, the name is listed in the Shinsen shōjiroku. It is pronounced Nakabaru on Okinawa island.

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