Japanese Last Names Ending in -uchi

The kanji 内 means inside. Like most Japanese surnames, names ending in it describe where a family lived. Takeuchi (竹内) is 竹 bamboo + 内 inside; Yamauchi (山内) is 山 mountain + 内 inside; Ōuchi (大内) is 大 big + 内 inside.

The list is ordered by how many notable people on Wikidata share each surname, so the most familiar names come first. Surnames from Japan's 100 most common are linked to their own pages.

Kanji	Name	Meaning	Notable people
竹内	Takeuchi	bamboo + inside	Top 100 surname
山内	Yamauchi	mountain + inside	196
大内	Ōuchi	big + inside	101
木内	Kiuchi	tree + inside	75
宮内	Miyauchi	shrine + inside	49
大河内	Ōkōchi	big + river + inside	48
坪内	Tsubōchi	plot of land + inside	27
池内	Ikeuchi	pond + inside	25
横内	Yokōchi	side + inside	22
河内	Kawauchi	river + inside	20
中内	Nakauchi	middle + inside	16
河内	Kōchi	river + inside	16
山内	Yamanōchi	mountain + inside	15
森内	Moriuchi	forest + inside	15
寺内	Terauchi	temple + inside	12
谷内	Taniuchi	valley + inside	8
水内	Mizūchi	water + inside	8
杉内	Sugiuchi	cedar + inside	8
堀之内	Horinōchi	moat + of (classical) + inside	6
陣内	Jinnōchi	camp; battle array + inside	6
川内	Kawauchi	river + inside	6
石内	Ishiuchi	stone + inside	6
櫻内	Sakurauchi	cherry blossom + inside	5
木内	Kinōchi	tree + inside	4
田内	Tauchi	rice field + inside	4
西内	Nishiuchi	west + inside	4
倉内	Kurauchi	storehouse + inside	3
牧野内	Makinōchi	pasture + field + inside	3
城内	Kiuchi	castle + inside	3

Kanji

Name

Meaning

Notable people

竹内

Takeuchi

bamboo + inside

Top 100 surname

山内

Yamauchi

mountain + inside

196