Surname

Tabuchi

Tabuchi (田淵) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean rice field + deep pool, and Wikidata lists 14 notable people with this family name.

た · ぶ · ち · たぶち
Written田淵たぶちrice field + deep pool

What Tabuchi means

田
rice field
淵
deep pool

Where the name comes from

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

Surnames that share a kanji