Surname
Tsuruoka
Tsuruoka (鶴岡) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean crane + hill, and Wikidata lists 14 notable people with this family name.
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What Tsuruoka means
鶴
crane
岡
hill
Where the name comes from
Like most Japanese surnames, Tsuruoka describes a place. Its kanji point to a hill, the kind of landmark a family was known by when surnames became compulsory for everyone in 1875.