Given name & surname

Sakamoto

Sakamoto is a surname from Japanese.

Original Japanese阪元

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Sakamoto comes from Japanese.

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How it developed

From Japanese 坂本 (Sakamoto).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Sakamoto’s family of names

In Greek usage, Sakamoto as a surname is a transliteration of Σακαμότο. In Japanese usage, Sakamoto as a surname is a Roman-alphabet rendering of さかもと. In Japanese usage, Sakamoto as a surname is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 坂元.

Walk Sakamoto’s family in the name graph

Sakamoto阪元阪本坂元さかもとΣακαμότο坂本

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