Surname

Ogita

Ogita (荻田) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean reed + rice field, and Wikidata lists 19 notable people with this family name.

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Written荻田おぎたreed + rice field

What Ogita means

荻
reed
田
rice field

Where the name comes from

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

Surnames that share a kanji