Surname

Tashiro

Tashiro (田代) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean rice field + generation, and Wikidata lists 41 notable people with this family name.

た · し · ろ · たしろ
Written田代たしろrice field + generation

What Tashiro means

田
rice field
代
generation

Where the name comes from

Like most Japanese surnames, Tashiro 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 Tashiro

Yuzo Tashiro 田代 有三Japanese association football player

From Wikidata: notable Japanese people with this family name.

Surnames that share a kanji