Surname

Shōji

Shōji (庄司) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean manor + to direct, and Wikidata lists 29 notable people with this family name.

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Written庄司しょうじmanor + to direct

What Shōji means

庄
manor, village
司
to direct

Where the name comes from

The kanji of Shōji mean manor + to direct. 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