Given name & surname

Kaneko

Kaneko is a surname from Japanese. It is used in English, Portuguese, and Tagalog.

Original Japanese金子

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Kaneko comes from Japanese.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Japanese 金子 (Kaneko).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Kaneko’s family of names

In Japanese usage, Kaneko as a surname is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 金子. In Filipino usage, Kaneko as a surname was borrowed from the Japanese form 金子.

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Kaneko金子

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