Surname

Murakoshi

Murakoshi (村越) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean village + to cross over, and Wikidata lists 11 notable people with this family name.

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Written村越むらこしvillage + to cross over

What Murakoshi means

村
village
越
to cross over

Where the name comes from

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

Surnames that share a kanji