Surname

Suganuma

Suganuma (菅沼) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean sedge + marsh, and Wikidata lists 18 notable people with this family name.

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Written菅沼すがぬまsedge + marsh

What Suganuma means

菅
sedge
沼
marsh, pond

Where the name comes from

The kanji of Suganuma mean sedge + 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.

Famous people named Suganuma

Minoru Suganuma 菅沼 実Japanese association football player

From Wikidata: notable Japanese people with this family name.

Surnames that share a kanji