Surname

Banno

Banno (坂野) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean slope + field, and Wikidata lists 11 notable people with this family name.

ばん · の · ばんの
Written坂野ばんのslope + field

What Banno means

坂
slope
野
field

Where the name comes from

Like most Japanese surnames, Banno describes a place. Its kanji point to a slope and a field, the kind of landmark a family was known by when surnames became compulsory for everyone in 1875.

Surnames that share a kanji