Surname

Kano

Kano (狩野) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean hunt; raid + field, and Wikidata lists 13 notable people with this family name.

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Written狩野かのhunt; raid + field

What Kano means

狩
hunt; raid
野
field

Where the name comes from

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

Surnames that share a kanji