Surname

Mitamura

Mitamura (三田村) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean three + rice field + village, and Wikidata lists 27 notable people with this family name.

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Written三田村みたむらthree + rice field + village

What Mitamura means

三
three
田
rice field
村
village

Where the name comes from

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

Surnames that share a kanji