Tanaka Family History
Tanaka Name Meaning
Japanese: written 田中 ‘center of the rice paddy’. One of the ten most common surnames in Japan it is particularly frequent around the city of Ōsaka and is also found in the Ryūkyū Islands. It is listed in the Shinsen shōjiroku but the surname is borne by many unrelated families.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022