The seto Surname
seto Name Meaning and History
- Japanese: written with characters meaning ‘strait’ and ‘door’. The name is probably connected with the Seto Naikai, called the ‘Inland Sea’ in English. The name is found mostly in the island of Kyushu, which bounds the Inland Sea on the west.
- Chinese
: variant of Situ.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Seto Fan Jing | L Gassner | 0 |
| Any Seto's from Spain or Russia | Irene Macklin | 0 |
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| /;l/ | opiypop | 2 |
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