Surname

Asakura

Asakura (浅倉) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean shallow + storehouse, and Wikidata lists 19 notable people with this family name.

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Written浅倉あさくらshallow + storehouse

What Asakura means

浅
shallow
倉
storehouse

Where the name comes from

The kanji of Asakura mean shallow + storehouse. Many surnames like it began as descriptions of a family's land, trade or position before surnames were required for every household in 1875.

Surnames that share a kanji