Surname

Yazawa

Yazawa (矢沢) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean arrow + marsh, and Wikidata lists 32 notable people with this family name.

や · ざ · わ · やざわ
Written矢沢やざわarrow + marsh

What Yazawa means

矢
arrow
沢
marsh, mountain stream

Where the name comes from

The kanji of Yazawa mean arrow + marsh. Many surnames like it began as descriptions of a family's land, trade or position before surnames were required for every household in 1875.

Surnames that share a kanji