Nishihara Family History
- Nishihara Name Meaning
- Japanese: ‘western plain’; mostly found in western Japan and the island of Okinawa, where it is also pronounced Nishibaru. Some bearers have Minamoto or Fujiwara origins.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 4,274 Historical Documents with Nishihara on Ancestry
- 1,207 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 740 Census and Voter Lists
- 416 Military Records
- 1,731 Immigration Records
- 180 Member Trees
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from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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