Surname
Motomura
Motomura (本村) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean origin + village, and Wikidata lists 13 notable people with this family name.
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What Motomura means
本
origin, base
村
village
Where the name comes from
Like most Japanese surnames, Motomura describes a place. Its kanji point to the base or foot of something and a village, the kind of landmark a family was known by when surnames became compulsory for everyone in 1875.