Surname

Ogawa

Ogawa (小河) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean small + river, and Wikidata lists 19 notable people with this family name.

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Written小河おがわsmall + river

What Ogawa means

小
small
河
river

Where the name comes from

The kanji of Ogawa mean small + river. 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