Surname

Ueno

Ueno (植野) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean to plant + field, and Wikidata lists 11 notable people with this family name.

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Written植野うえのto plant + field

What Ueno means

植
to plant
野
field

Where the name comes from

Like most Japanese surnames, Ueno describes a place. Its kanji point to a field, the kind of landmark a family was known by when surnames became compulsory for everyone in 1875.

Surnames that share a kanji