Last Name :
Saotome
Last Name in Japanese Kanji(Hiragana) :
早乙女(さおとめ)
Meaning :
早 meaning early, fast./ 乙 meaning the latter, duplicate, strange, witty, fishhook radical (no. 5)./ 女 meaning woman, female.
Estimated Population in Japan :
6,900
Population Rank :
2160 out of 10,000 entries
Other Readings of Saotome(早乙女)：
Sotome, Sotome, Sautome
Top 5 populations of Saotome(早乙女) by prefecture：
1 : Tochigi
2 : Tokyo
3 : Saitama
4 : Kanagawa
5 : Ibaraki
Origin :
Japanese
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