Last Name :
KobeLast Name in Japanese Kanji(Hiragana) :
小部(こべ)
Meaning :
小 meaning little, small./ 部 meaning section, bureau, dept, class, copy, part, portion, counter for copies of a newspaper or magazine.
Estimated Population in Japan :
810
Population Rank :
9438 out of 10,000 entries
Other Readings of Kobe(小部)：
Shobu, Obe, Sabe, Kobu, Obu
Top 5 populations of Kobe(小部) by prefecture：
1 : Saga
2 : Hokkaido
3 : Fukui
4 : Tokyo
5 : Osaka
Origin :
Japanese
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