Surname

Ōnuma

Ōnuma (大沼) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean big + marsh, and Wikidata lists 36 notable people with this family name.

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Written大沼おおぬまbig + marsh

What Ōnuma means

大
big, great
沼
marsh, pond

Where the name comes from

The kanji of Ōnuma mean big + marsh. 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