Surname
Ishiwata
Ishiwata (石渡) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean stone + to cross, and Wikidata lists 11 notable people with this family name.
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What Ishiwata means
石
stone
渡
to cross
Where the name comes from
Like most Japanese surnames, Ishiwata describes a place. Its kanji point to stones, the kind of landmark a family was known by when surnames became compulsory for everyone in 1875.