Surname
Yatabe
Yatabe (矢田部) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean arrow + rice field + section, and Wikidata lists 16 notable people with this family name.
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What Yatabe means
矢
arrow
田
rice field
部
section
Where the name comes from
Like most Japanese surnames, Yatabe 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.