Surname

Tsuboi

Tsuboi (坪井) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean plot of land + well, and Wikidata lists 29 notable people with this family name.

つ · ぼ · い · つぼい
Written坪井つぼいplot of land + well

What Tsuboi means

坪
plot of land
井
well

Where the name comes from

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

Famous people named Tsuboi

Keisuke Tsuboi 坪井 慶介Japanese association football player

From Wikidata: notable Japanese people with this family name.

Surnames that share a kanji