Surname

Miwa

Miwa (三輪) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean three + ring, and Wikidata lists 105 notable people with this family name.

み · わ · みわ
Written三輪みわthree + ring

What Miwa means

三
three
輪
ring, wheel

Where the name comes from

The kanji of Miwa mean three + ring. 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