Surname

Kumazawa

Kumazawa (熊沢) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean bear + marsh, and Wikidata lists 12 notable people with this family name.

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Written熊沢くまざわbear + marsh

What Kumazawa means

熊
bear
沢
marsh, mountain stream

Where the name comes from

The kanji of Kumazawa mean bear + 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