Surname

Yasukawa

Yasukawa (安川) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean peace + river, and Wikidata lists 10 notable people with this family name.

や · す · か · わ · やすかわ
Written安川やすかわpeace + river

What Yasukawa means

安
peace, ease
川
river

Where the name comes from

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

Surnames that share a kanji