Surname

Masaoka

Masaoka (正岡) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean right + hill, and Wikidata lists 19 notable people with this family name.

ま · さ · お · か · まさおか
Written正岡まさおかright + hill

What Masaoka means

正
right, correct
岡
hill

Where the name comes from

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

Surnames that share a kanji