Surname

Nakamoto

Nakamoto (中本) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean middle + origin, and Wikidata lists 44 notable people with this family name.

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Written中本なかもとmiddle + origin

What Nakamoto means

中
middle
本
origin, base

Where the name comes from

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

Famous people named Nakamoto

Kuniharu Nakamoto 中本 邦治Japanese association football player
Yuta Nakamoto 中本 雄太Japanese singer, rapper and actor

From Wikidata: notable Japanese people with this family name.

Surnames that share a kanji