Surname

Kawauchi

Kawauchi (河内) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean river + inside, and Wikidata lists 20 notable people with this family name.

か · わ · う · ち · かわうち
Written河内かわうちriver + inside

What Kawauchi means

河
river
内
inside

Where the name comes from

The kanji of Kawauchi mean river + inside. 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