Last Name :
YatabeLast Name in Japanese Kanji(Hiragana) :
谷田部(やたべ)
Meaning :
谷 meaning valley./ 田 meaning rice field, rice paddy./ 部 meaning section, bureau, dept, class, copy, part, portion, counter for copies of a newspaper or magazine.
Estimated Population in Japan :
7,400
Population Rank :
2048 out of 10,000 entries
Other Readings of Yatabe(谷田部)：
Tanitabe
Top 5 populations of Yatabe(谷田部) by prefecture：
1 : Ibaraki
2 : Tokyo
3 : Tochigi
4 : Kanagawa
5 : Saitama
Origin :
Japanese
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