Surname

Sugimura

Sugimura (杉村) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean cedar + village, and Wikidata lists 40 notable people with this family name.

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Written杉村すぎむらcedar + village

What Sugimura means

杉
cedar
村
village

Where the name comes from

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

Famous people named Sugimura

Shojiro Sugimura 杉村 正二郎Japanese association football player (1905–1975)
Haruko Sugimura 杉村 春子Japanese actress (1909–1997)

From Wikidata: notable Japanese people with this family name.

Surnames that share a kanji