Surname
Yonezawa
Yonezawa (米沢) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean rice + marsh, and Wikidata lists 13 notable people with this family name.
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What Yonezawa means
米
rice
沢
marsh, mountain stream
Where the name comes from
The kanji of Yonezawa mean rice + marsh. Many surnames like it began as descriptions of a family's land, trade or position before surnames were required for every household in 1875.
Famous people named Yonezawa
Fumiko Yonezawa 米沢 富美子Japanese theoretical physicist (1938-2019)
From Wikidata: notable Japanese people with this family name.