Last Name :
UtsunomiyaLast Name in Japanese Kanji(Hiragana) :
宇都宮(うつのみや)
Meaning :
宇 meaning eaves, roof, house, heaven./ 都 meaning metropolis, capital, all, everything./ 宮 meaning Shinto shrine, constellations, palace, princess.
Estimated Population in Japan :
23,900
Population Rank :
810 out of 10,000 entries
Other Readings of Utsunomiya(宇都宮):
Utsumiya, Utomiya, Uchinomiya
Top 5 populations of Utsunomiya(宇都宮) by prefecture:
1 : Ehime
2 : Osaka
3 : Fukuoka
4 : Oita
5 : Tokyo
Origin :
Japanese
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