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Last name origins & meanings:

  1. Japanese: variously written, the name, meaning ‘wren’, originated in Ōmi (now Shiga) prefecture and is found mostly in northeastern Japan.
  2. Japanese: Alternatively, it may derive from misasagi, the term for the great tomb mounds dating from c. 250–710, which are found in clusters all over Japan.