Surname

Kuwayama

Kuwayama (桑山) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean mulberry + mountain, and Wikidata lists 41 notable people with this family name.

く · わ · や · ま · くわやま
Written桑山くわやまmulberry + mountain

What Kuwayama means

桑
mulberry
山
mountain

Where the name comes from

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

Surnames that share a kanji