Surname

Uda

Uda (宇田) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean house + rice field, and Wikidata lists 27 notable people with this family name.

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Written宇田うだhouse + rice field

What Uda means

宇
house, heavens
田
rice field

Where the name comes from

Like most Japanese surnames, Uda 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 Uda

Shintaro Uda 宇田 新太郎Japanese engineer (1896–1976)

From Wikidata: notable Japanese people with this family name.

Surnames that share a kanji