Surname
Urabe
Urabe (卜部) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean divining; fortune-telling + section, and Wikidata lists 11 notable people with this family name.
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What Urabe means
卜
divining; fortune-telling
部
section
Where the name comes from
The kanji of Urabe mean divining; fortune-telling + section. Many surnames like it began as descriptions of a family's land, trade or position before surnames were required for every household in 1875.