Surname

Mizukami

Mizukami (水上) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean water + above, and Wikidata lists 40 notable people with this family name.

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Written水上みずかみwater + above

What Mizukami means

水
water
上
above

Where the name comes from

The kanji of Mizukami mean water + above. Many surnames like it began as descriptions of a family's land, trade or position before surnames were required for every household in 1875.

Surnames that share a kanji