Surname

Hyūga

Hyūga (日向) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean sun + to face, and Wikidata lists 17 notable people with this family name.

ひゅ · う · が · ひゅうが
Written日向ひゅうがsun + to face

What Hyūga means

日
sun, day
向
to face, toward

Where the name comes from

The kanji of Hyūga mean sun + to face. 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