Description for “Ito in Kanji (include wisteria in kanji)”
Ito is the 5th most common Japanese surname. In the sense of Mr. Fujiwara of Ise, there are many in Mie and Aichi.
Etymology of the family name Ito
Originates from central Mie Prefecture (formerly Ise Province). A place name recorded in the Asuka Period. The place name was also written “Ise. It means “Fujiwara clan of Ise Province. The name was given in the Heian period (794-1185) from the same place. The Fujiwara are said to be pioneers in Jizo, Kuwana City, Mie Prefecture; Odari, Yokoshibamitsu-cho, Yamato-gun, Chiba Prefecture; Serikawa-cho, Nagaoka City, Niigata Prefecture; Yoneya Yamazaki, Towa-machi, Tome City, Miyagi Prefecture; and Fujita-buro, Kakuda City, Miyagi Prefecture. Ito and Ito-cho, Nishio City, Aichi Prefecture, are via places. The name of the place was recorded in the Edo period. It is said that the name of the place is derived from the name of the developer, Mr. Ito. Ito-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture was named in 1899 after Hirobumi Ito, a politician of the Tokyo era.
Variant of Ito. In Kamiamada, Murakami City, Niigata Prefecture, it is said to be descended from the Ito clan who came from Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture, in the Nanbokucho Period. In Kakusa, Kadokawa-cho, Higashi-usuki-gun, Miyazaki Prefecture, it is said that the family name was changed because Ito Yuup, the lord of Nichiya Castle in Nichiya, Hyuga City, Miyazaki Prefecture, was suspected of treason during the Warring States Period. In Masaka, Ichisako, Kurihara City, Miyagi Prefecture, the family name was reportedly changed from Ito when the family name was changed during the Meiji Restoration. In Kanome, Tsuru City, Yamanashi Prefecture, it is said that the family name was changed from the Ito family name, which was taken by the Fujiwara family in Ito City, Shizuoka Prefecture, during the Heian period (794-1185). The date of the Ito surname is unknown. Ito is a place name recorded in the Kamakura period. Kataoka, Yaita City, Tochigi Prefecture, is said to have been taken by the Fujiwara clan in Kuzumi, eastern Shizuoka Prefecture (formerly Izu Province) during the Heian period. Location unknown. Izu is a place name recorded in the Asuka Period.
