Surname

Sonoda

Sonoda (園田) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean garden + rice field, and Wikidata lists 83 notable people with this family name.

そ · の · だ · そのだ
Written園田そのだgarden + rice field

What Sonoda means

園
garden
田
rice field

Where the name comes from

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

Famous people named Sonoda

Takuya Sonoda 園田 拓也Japanese association football player
Isamu Sonoda 園田 勇Japanese judoka

From Wikidata: notable Japanese people with this family name.

Surnames that share a kanji