Yokota Family History
Yokota Name Meaning
Japanese: written 横田 ‘rice paddy to the side’. It is also pronounced Yokoda and found throughout Japan and the Ryūkyū Islands. Several families have samurai or noble connections and there are two very old families of Suruga (now part of Shizuoka prefecture) and Musashi (now Tokyo and Saitama prefectures).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022