Surname
Miyata
Miyata (宮田) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean shrine + rice field, and Wikidata lists 72 notable people with this family name.
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What Miyata means
宮
shrine, palace
田
rice field
Where the name comes from
Like most Japanese surnames, Miyata describes a place. Its kanji point to a shrine and a rice field, the kind of landmark a family was known by when surnames became compulsory for everyone in 1875.
Famous people named Miyata
Koji Miyata 宮田 孝治Japanese association football player
Kōki Miyata 宮田 幸季Japanese voice actor
From Wikidata: notable Japanese people with this family name.