Surname
Sutō
Sutō (須藤) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean necessary + wisteria, and Wikidata lists 11 notable people with this family name.
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What Sutō means
須
necessary
藤
wisteria
Where the name comes from
The ending 藤 (wisteria), read tō, links Sutō to the Fujiwara clan, the court family that dominated Japan for centuries. Surnames such as Satō, Itō, Katō and Saitō are traditionally explained as branches of the Fujiwara, with the first kanji marking a place or office.