Etymology and distribution of 五百島.

Ioshima 【五百島】^{レベル2
About 10}  The Japanese surnames etymology dictionary.

Oosaka-fu , Ishikawa-ken , Niigata-ken .

① Topography . From the pond and island like land. From the Ikedimon gate of the gate division system that was in the Edo period. An example of the location of the gate. Kagoshima - ken Isa - shi Okuchi Soki, Miyazaki - ken Ebino - shi Nishi - Nagaura. Oosaka-fu Higashioosaka-shi Ikeshima (Ikesima) is a place name with a record since the North and the North. Ishikawa-ken Nanao-shi It was in the Edo period in Nishinomiya Town, Higashi Masaiga Town. Good neighbor . Ooita-ken Bungotakada-shi Distributed in Shinshiro.

② Miyazaki-ken Ebino-shi birth from Ikejima. There was an Ikedima gate on the same place in the Edo period as a gate division system.