Surname

Kumamoto

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

Original Japanese熊元

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Kumamoto comes from Japanese.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Kumamoto’s family of names

In Japanese usage, Kumamoto as a surname is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 熊元. In Portuguese usage, Kumamoto as a surname was borrowed from the Japanese form 熊本.

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Kumamoto熊元熊本

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