Surname
Miyabe
Miyabe (宮部) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean shrine + section, and Wikidata lists 10 notable people with this family name.
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What Miyabe means
宮
shrine, palace
部
section
Where the name comes from
Like most Japanese surnames, Miyabe describes a place. Its kanji point to a shrine, the kind of landmark a family was known by when surnames became compulsory for everyone in 1875.