Surname

Sakagami

Sakagami (坂上) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean slope + above, and Wikidata lists 12 notable people with this family name.

さ · か · が · み · さかがみ
Written坂上さかがみslope + above

What Sakagami means

坂
slope
上
above

Where the name comes from

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

Surnames that share a kanji