Surname

Soga

Soga (曽我) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean formerly + I, and Wikidata lists 13 notable people with this family name.

そ · が · そが
Written曽我そがformerly + I

What Soga means

曽
formerly
我
I, self

Where the name comes from

The kanji of Soga mean formerly + I. 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