Etymology and distribution of 久坂部.

Kusakabe 【久坂部】^{レベル2
About 20}  The Japanese surnames etymology dictionary.

Kagoshima-ken Kagoshima-shi , Hyougo-ken Shisou-shi , Toukyou-to .

① Creation . Kagoshima-ken Kagoshima-shi Tell me that in Meiji New Family , thought that it would be happy in Honomarushi-cho. It is based in the same place. In Toukyou-to Minato-ku there is a transmission that Mr. Maeda gave from Mr. Shimazu based on Kagoshima-ken . Period, location unknown. 前田 Maeda reference. Hyougo-ken Shisou-shi is based in Taga Machihara. Tell him that he was engaged in agriculture in the same area. Estimated in the Edo period.

② things . Tell Yamagata-ken Sakata-shi that it was a temple sacrifice of Kofukuji which was a temple of Tendai - ji Tendai temple in Yamagata-ken Yamagata-shi Yamadera. The era, the location of the temple is unknown.

③ Creation . In Hokkaidou Sapporo - shi , in 1872 when the Meiji New surname was written, told that the official changed the name as "Kofuku" and changed the word "happiness" better than Kofuku. 小野 Ono reference. 小福 Kofuku reference.