SurnameNo. 35 in Japan
Kondō
Kondō (近藤) is the 35th most common surname in Japan, shared by an estimated 0.37 million people. Its kanji mean near + wisteria.
こん · ど · う · こんどう
What Kondō means
近
near
藤
wisteria
Where the name comes from
The ending 藤 (wisteria), read tō, links Kondō to the Fujiwara clan, the court family that dominated Japan for centuries. Surnames such as Satō, Itō, Katō and Saitō are traditionally explained as branches of the Fujiwara, with the first kanji marking a place or office.