Surname
Horita
Horita (堀田) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean moat + rice field, and Wikidata lists 11 notable people with this family name.
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What Horita means
堀
moat, canal
田
rice field
Where the name comes from
Like most Japanese surnames, Horita describes a place. Its kanji point to a rice field, the kind of landmark a family was known by when surnames became compulsory for everyone in 1875.