Surname

Yashiro

Yashiro (八代) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean eight + generation, and Wikidata lists 12 notable people with this family name.

や · し · ろ · やしろ
Written八代やしろeight + generation

What Yashiro means

八
eight
代
generation

Where the name comes from

The kanji of Yashiro mean eight + generation. 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