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by Tondoteottotote on August 6th, 2005

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What is the origin of the Japanese family name "Sugihara"?

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  • by Answers101 on March 31st, 2006

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    "Japanese: ‘cedar plain’. The name is found mostly in western Japan and in the Ryukyu Islands. A noble family of Taira origin bore the name but became extinct in the 17th century."

    source: http://www.ancestry.com/search/SurnamePage.aspx?sourcecode=13304&html=b&fn=&ln=sugihara&submit.x=0&submit.y=0

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