Surname

Kokubun

Kokubun (国分) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean country + part; minute of time, and Wikidata lists 24 notable people with this family name.

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Written国分こくぶんcountry + part; minute of time

What Kokubun means

国
country
分
part; minute of time

Where the name comes from

The kanji of Kokubun mean country + part; minute of time. 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