Surname

Watabe

Watabe is a surname from Japanese.

Original Japanese渡部

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Watabe comes from Japanese.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Japanese 渡部 (Watabe).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Watabe’s family of names

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

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Watabe渡部

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