Surname

Kinjō

Kinjō (金城) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean gold + castle, and Wikidata lists 10 notable people with this family name.

きん · じょ · う · きんじょう
Written金城きんじょうgold + castle

What Kinjō means

金
gold, metal
城
castle

Where the name comes from

The kanji of Kinjō mean gold + castle. Many surnames like it began as descriptions of a family's land, trade or position before surnames were required for every household in 1875.

Surnames that share a kanji