Surname

Tsubōchi

Tsubōchi (坪内) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean plot of land + inside, and Wikidata lists 27 notable people with this family name.

つ · ぼ · う · ち · つぼうち
Written坪内つぼうちplot of land + inside

What Tsubōchi means

坪
plot of land
内
inside

Where the name comes from

The kanji of Tsubōchi mean plot of land + inside. 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 Tsubōchi

Tsubouchi Shōyō 坪内 逍遥Japanese writer (1859–1935)
Shusuke Tsubouchi 坪内 秀介Japanese association football player

From Wikidata: notable Japanese people with this family name.

Surnames that share a kanji