SurnameNo. 31 in Japan
Ishii
Ishii (石井) is the 31st most common surname in Japan, shared by an estimated 0.40 million people. Its kanji mean stone + well.
い · し · い · いしい
What Ishii means
石
stone
井
well
Where the name comes from
Like most Japanese surnames, Ishii describes a place. Its kanji point to stones and a well, the kind of landmark a family was known by when surnames became compulsory for everyone in 1875.
Famous people named Ishii
Shigemi Ishii 石井 茂巳Japanese association football player
Yoshinobu Ishii 石井 義信Japanese association football player and manager (1939–2018)
Shirō Ishii 石井 四郎Japanese army medical officer and microbiologist and director of Unit 731 (a biological warfare unit of the Imperial Japanese Army)
Masatada Ishii 石井 正忠Japanese association football player and manager
Sojiro Ishii 石井 壮二郎Japanese association football player
Toshiya Ishii 石井 俊也Japanese association football player
From Wikidata: notable Japanese people with this family name.