Surname

Ōuchi

Ōuchi (大内) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean big + inside, and Wikidata lists 101 notable people with this family name.

お · お · う · ち · おおうち
Written大内おおうちbig + inside

What Ōuchi means

大
big, great
内
inside

Where the name comes from

The kanji of Ōuchi mean big + 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.

Famous people named Ōuchi

Masushi Ōuchi 大内 仁Japanese weightlifter (1943–2011)
Issei Ouchi 大内 一生Japanese association football player
Ōuchi Yoshitaka 大内 義隆daimyo (1507-1551)

From Wikidata: notable Japanese people with this family name.

Surnames that share a kanji