Surname
Satake
Satake (佐竹) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean to help + bamboo, and Wikidata lists 60 notable people with this family name.
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What Satake means
佐
to help
竹
bamboo
Where the name comes from
Like most Japanese surnames, Satake describes a place. Its kanji point to bamboo, the kind of landmark a family was known by when surnames became compulsory for everyone in 1875.
Famous people named Satake
Satake Yoshinobu 佐竹 義宣daimyo
From Wikidata: notable Japanese people with this family name.