"Nuya" is a surname derived from a place name in what is now Naruto City, Tokushima Prefecture, and is a rare name found especially in Anan City today.
It can also be found in Wakayama Prefecture, Osaka Prefecture, Fukuoka Prefecture, Hokkaido, and other areas.
The name seems to have come from the fact that the center of Naruto city was once called "Fuya-cho," and it came to be used as a person's surname.
There is a theory that "Muya" is a variation of "moyau," which means "to tie up a boat," and is a word meaning a port, and it was written as "Muya" during the Taiho Code (701). At that time, ships arrived at Muya from Fukura in Awaji, and it is thought that the area around Kizu in Muya Town today was the gateway to Shikoku.
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"Muya" is a family name that is pronounced "Muya". It is estimated that there are about 800 people with this family name in Japan, with the largest number of people in Tokushima Prefecture, with about 150 people, and other areas where it is common include Hokkaido, Wakayama Prefecture, and Osaka Prefecture.
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It is said that there are approximately 30 Japanese surnames, including different readings. We will introduce some of the most unusual surnames, their pronunciations and origins, as well as areas where they still exist in large numbers.
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