Surname

Ishimura

Ishimura (石村) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean stone + village, and Wikidata lists 22 notable people with this family name.

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Written石村いしむらstone + village

What Ishimura means

石
stone
村
village

Where the name comes from

Like most Japanese surnames, Ishimura describes a place. Its kanji point to stones and a village, the kind of landmark a family was known by when surnames became compulsory for everyone in 1875.

Surnames that share a kanji