Surname
Tanuma
Tanuma (田沼) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean rice field + marsh, and Wikidata lists 21 notable people with this family name.
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What Tanuma means
田
rice field
沼
marsh, pond
Where the name comes from
Like most Japanese surnames, Tanuma 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.