Surname

Ōkōchi

Ōkōchi (大河内) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean big + river + inside, and Wikidata lists 48 notable people with this family name.

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Written大河内おおこうちbig + river + inside

What Ōkōchi means

大
big, great
河
river
内
inside

Where the name comes from

The kanji of Ōkōchi mean big + river + inside. 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