Surname

Kakutani

Kakutani is a surname from Japanese. It is used in English and Portuguese.

Original Japanese角谷

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Kakutani comes from Japanese.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Japanese 角谷 (Kakutani).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Kakutani’s family of names

In Japanese usage, Kakutani as a surname is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 角谷. In English usage, Kakutani as a surname was borrowed from the Japanese form 角谷.

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Kakutani角谷

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