Surname

Yasuoka

Yasuoka (安岡) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean peace + hill, and Wikidata lists 40 notable people with this family name.

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Written安岡やすおかpeace + hill

What Yasuoka means

安
peace, ease
岡
hill

Where the name comes from

Like most Japanese surnames, Yasuoka 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.

Surnames that share a kanji