Surname

Kikuta

Kikuta (菊田) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean chrysanthemum + rice field, and Wikidata lists 27 notable people with this family name.

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Written菊田きくたchrysanthemum + rice field

What Kikuta means

菊
chrysanthemum
田
rice field

Where the name comes from

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

Surnames that share a kanji