Surname

Kuwana

Kuwana (桑名) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean mulberry + name, and Wikidata lists 21 notable people with this family name.

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Written桑名くわなmulberry + name

What Kuwana means

桑
mulberry
名
name, fame

Where the name comes from

The kanji of Kuwana mean mulberry + name. 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