Last Name :
Suwabe
Last Name in Japanese Kanji(Hiragana) :
諏訪部(すわべ)
Meaning :
諏 meaning consult./ 訪 meaning call on, visit, look up, offer sympathy./ 部 meaning section, bureau, dept, class, copy, part, portion, counter for copies of a newspaper or magazine.
Estimated Population in Japan :
3,900
Population Rank :
3332 out of 10,000 entries
Other Readings of Suwabe(諏訪部)：
Top 5 populations of Suwabe(諏訪部) by prefecture：
1 : Shizuoka
2 : Kanagawa
3 : Tokyo
4 : Saitama
5 : Miyagi
Origin :
Japanese
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