Surname

Toba

Toba (鳥羽) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean bird + feather, and Wikidata lists 10 notable people with this family name.

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Written鳥羽とばbird + feather

What Toba means

鳥
bird
羽
feather, wing

Where the name comes from

The kanji of Toba mean bird + feather. Many surnames like it began as descriptions of a family's land, trade or position before surnames were required for every household in 1875.

Surnames that share a kanji