Surname

Takahama

Takahama (高浜) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean high + beach, and Wikidata lists 25 notable people with this family name.

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Written高浜たかはまhigh + beach

What Takahama means

高
high, tall
浜
beach

Where the name comes from

The kanji of Takahama mean high + beach. Many surnames like it began as descriptions of a family's land, trade or position before surnames were required for every household in 1875.

Famous people named Takahama

Kyoshi Takahama 高浜 清Japanese writer (1874–1959)

From Wikidata: notable Japanese people with this family name.

Surnames that share a kanji