Surname

Urata

Urata (浦田) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean bay + rice field, and Wikidata lists 34 notable people with this family name.

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Written浦田うらたbay + rice field

What Urata means

浦
bay, inlet
田
rice field

Where the name comes from

Like most Japanese surnames, Urata describes a place. Its kanji point to an inlet and a rice field, the kind of landmark a family was known by when surnames became compulsory for everyone in 1875.

Famous people named Urata

Takeshi Urata 浦田 武Japanese astronomer (1947–2012)
Itsuki Urata 浦田 樹Japanese association football player
Naoki Urata 浦田 尚希Japanese association football player
Nobuhisa Urata 浦田 延尚Japanese association football player

From Wikidata: notable Japanese people with this family name.

Surnames that share a kanji