Surname

Kusunoki

Kusunoki (楠木) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean camphor tree + tree, and Wikidata lists 26 notable people with this family name.

く · す · の · き · くすのき
Written楠木くすのきcamphor tree + tree

What Kusunoki means

楠
camphor tree
木
tree

Where the name comes from

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

Famous people named Kusunoki

Kusunoki Masashige 楠木 正成samurai

From Wikidata: notable Japanese people with this family name.

Surnames that share a kanji