Akita Family History

Japanese: written 秋田 ‘autumn rice paddy’ or phonetically 安木田. It is found along the eastern seaboard of Japan. A family of daimyō (feudal lords) descended from the Abe family took the name from their residence in Akita castle in Ugo (now Akita prefecture).

The phonetically written name which is less common hints that it could actually derive from the word kita meaning ‘north’ because the province is in the far north.