Surname

Kōda

Kōda (幸田) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean happiness + rice field, and Wikidata lists 11 notable people with this family name.

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Written幸田こうだhappiness + rice field

What Kōda means

幸
happiness
田
rice field

Where the name comes from

Like most Japanese surnames, Kōda 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 Kōda

Masakazu Koda 幸田 将和Japanese association football player
Aya Kōda 幸田 文Japanese writer (1904-1990)

From Wikidata: notable Japanese people with this family name.

Surnames that share a kanji