Etymology and distribution of 下熊.

Shimokuma 【下熊】^{レベル3
About 70}  The Japanese surnames etymology dictionary.

Hiroshima-ken , Hokkaidou , Nagasaki-ken .

① Topography . From high western land. Hiroshima-ken Hiroshima-shi Anzanami-ku Kawauchi, Nagasaki-ken Nagasaki-shi Distributed in Miyazaki cho. Ishikawa-ken Kanazawa-shi Marunouchi was in the Edo era at the Kaga clan in the Clan office.

② Topography . Tottori-ken Yonago-shi In Yodoe-cho Omiwa, tell the story that Takano surname's family lived in the west and called it. Estimated in the Edo period. 高野 Takano reference.

③ variant of 香西 . Oosaka-fu Oosaka-shi was in the Edo period. The pronunciation is Kozai. 香西 Kouzai reference.

④ Convention . The abbreviation of Posthumida west. Kagoshima-ken Kagoshima-shi changed in 1948. 後嵩西 Shiitakenishi reference.