Given name & surname

Nakao

Nakao is a surname from Japanese.

Original Japanese中尾

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Nakao comes from Japanese.

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How it developed

From Japanese 中尾 (Nakao).

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Nakao’s family of names

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

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Nakao中尾

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