Surname
Nanba
Nanba (難波) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean difficult; impossible + wave, and Wikidata lists 30 notable people with this family name.
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What Nanba means
難
difficult; impossible
波
wave
Where the name comes from
The kanji of Nanba mean difficult; impossible + wave. Many surnames like it began as descriptions of a family's land, trade or position before surnames were required for every household in 1875.