Ueda Family History
Ueda Name Meaning
Japanese: written 上田 ‘upper rice paddy’. It is from a common placename sometimes read Kamida and sometimes written 植田 ‘planted rice paddy’. The surname like the placename is found throughout Japan and the Ryūkyū Islands. Commonly Romanized as Uyeda in older immigrant families.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022