Surname

Kajita

Kajita (梶田) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean oar + rice field, and Wikidata lists 19 notable people with this family name.

か · じ · た · かじた
Written梶田かじたoar + rice field

What Kajita means

梶
oar
田
rice field

Where the name comes from

Like most Japanese surnames, Kajita 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.

Famous people named Kajita

Takaaki Kajita 梶田 隆章Japanese physicist and astronomer

From Wikidata: notable Japanese people with this family name.

Surnames that share a kanji