Surname

Kashiwazaki

Kashiwazaki (柏崎) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean oak + cape, and Wikidata lists 10 notable people with this family name.

か · し · わ · ざ · き · かしわざき
Written柏崎かしわざきoak + cape

What Kashiwazaki means

柏
oak
崎
cape

Where the name comes from

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

Surnames that share a kanji