Surname

Kitazawa

Kitazawa (北沢) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean north + marsh, and Wikidata lists 13 notable people with this family name.

き · た · ざ · わ · きたざわ
Written北沢きたざわnorth + marsh

What Kitazawa means

北
north
沢
marsh, mountain stream

Where the name comes from

The kanji of Kitazawa mean north + marsh. 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