Surname

Miyagawa

Miyagawa (宮川) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean shrine + river, and Wikidata lists 41 notable people with this family name.

み · や · が · わ · みやがわ
Written宮川みやがわshrine + river

What Miyagawa means

宮
shrine, palace
川
river

Where the name comes from

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

Famous people named Miyagawa

Satoshi Miyagawa 宮川 悟Japanese association football player

From Wikidata: notable Japanese people with this family name.

Surnames that share a kanji