Surname

Nakatsuka

Nakatsuka (中塚) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean middle + mound, and Wikidata lists 22 notable people with this family name.

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Written中塚なかつかmiddle + mound

What Nakatsuka means

中
middle
塚
mound

Where the name comes from

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

Surnames that share a kanji