Surname

Ōtake

Ōtake (大竹) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean big + bamboo, and Wikidata lists 138 notable people with this family name.

お · お · た · け · おおたけ
Written大竹おおたけbig + bamboo

What Ōtake means

大
big, great
竹
bamboo

Where the name comes from

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

Famous people named Ōtake

Yōhei Ōtake 大竹 洋平Japanese association football player
Ryuto Otake 大竹 隆人Japanese association football player

From Wikidata: notable Japanese people with this family name.

Surnames that share a kanji