Surname

Yonemoto

Yonemoto (米本) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean rice + origin, and Wikidata lists 25 notable people with this family name.

よ · ね · も · と · よねもと
Written米本よねもとrice + origin

What Yonemoto means

米
rice
本
origin, base

Where the name comes from

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

Famous people named Yonemoto

Takuji Yonemoto 米本 拓司Japanese association football player

From Wikidata: notable Japanese people with this family name.

Surnames that share a kanji