Surname

Anzai

Anzai (安斎) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean peace + purification, and Wikidata lists 20 notable people with this family name.

あん · ざ · い · あんざい
Written安斎あんざいpeace + purification

What Anzai means

安
peace, ease
斎
purification

Where the name comes from

The kanji of Anzai mean peace + purification. 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