Given name & surname

Sano

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

Original Japanese佐野

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Sano comes from Japanese.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Japanese 佐野 (Sano).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Sano’s family of names

In Portuguese usage, Sano as a surname was borrowed from the Japanese form 佐野.

Walk Sano’s family in the name graph

Sano佐野

The ring: across languages.

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