Uraga Family History
Uraga Surname Meaning
Basque: topographic name from ur ‘water’ + the locative suffix -aga ‘place or group of’. Japanese: written 浦賀 ‘bay’ and ‘congratulations’ a habitational name from any of several locations, the best known being a district in Yokosuka which shares its name with the Uraga Channel, the entrance to Tokyo Bay.
The name is likely a shortening of Uragawa 浦川 ‘bay river’ or 裏河 ‘back river’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
