Surname

Kasahara

Kasahara (笠原) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean bamboo hat + field, and Wikidata lists 52 notable people with this family name.

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Written笠原かさはらbamboo hat + field

What Kasahara means

笠
bamboo hat
原
field, plain

Where the name comes from

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

Famous people named Kasahara

Sunao Kasahara 笠原 淳Japanese association football player

From Wikidata: notable Japanese people with this family name.

Surnames that share a kanji