Given name & surname

Sumitomo

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

Original Japanese住友

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Sumitomo comes from Japanese.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Japanese 住友 (Sumitomo).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Sumitomo’s family of names

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

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Sumitomo住友

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