Surname

Muranaka

Muranaka (村中) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean village + middle, and Wikidata lists 17 notable people with this family name.

む · ら · な · か · むらなか
Written村中むらなかvillage + middle

What Muranaka means

村
village
中
middle

Where the name comes from

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

Surnames that share a kanji