Surname

Onoda

Onoda (小野田) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean small + field + rice field, and Wikidata lists 36 notable people with this family name.

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Written小野田おのだsmall + field + rice field

What Onoda means

小
small
野
field
田
rice field

Where the name comes from

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

Famous people named Onoda

Hiroo Onoda 小野田 寛郎Imperial Japanese Army intelligence officer (1922-2014)
Kimi Onoda 小野田 紀美Japanese politician
Masahito Onoda 小野田 将人Japanese association football player

From Wikidata: notable Japanese people with this family name.

Surnames that share a kanji