Surname

Miyazato

Miyazato (宮里) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean shrine + village, and Wikidata lists 13 notable people with this family name.

み · や · ざ · と · みやざと
Written宮里みやざとshrine + village

What Miyazato means

宮
shrine, palace
里
village, home

Where the name comes from

Like most Japanese surnames, Miyazato 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.

Surnames that share a kanji