Omo Family History

Americanized form of Norwegian Åmo: habitational name from a number of farmsteads so named from á ‘small river’ + mo ‘plain moor’. Japanese: written 尾茂 ‘things’ or ‘affairs’ though the characters used literally mean ‘tail’ and ‘luxuriant’. The name is rare and seems to be a shortened variant of omoya 母屋 ‘main office’.

It originated in Tokushima prefecture and is also found in Hiroshima and Tokyo prefectures. Japanese (Omō): written 尾毛 ‘tail hair’ found in Ishikawa Kanagawa and Nara prefectures. This name is also rare.