Surname

Yokochi

Yokochi (横地) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean side + earth, and Wikidata lists 16 notable people with this family name.

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Written横地よこちside + earth

What Yokochi means

横
side
地
earth

Where the name comes from

The kanji of Yokochi mean side + earth. 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