Etymology and distribution of 川当.

Kawatou 【川当】^{レベル2
About 10}  The Japanese surnames etymology dictionary.

Mie-ken Tsu-shi , Nagano-ken Adzumino-shi .

① Convention . The grass of the first element stands for Kusakabe. Mie - ken Tsu - shi Otariyama - cho is based. It was in the Edo period in the same place. I will tell him that he is the descendant of Mr. Kusakabe in the same place. 日下部 Kusakabe reference.

② The birth of Nagano-ken Adzumino-shi (formerly Grass Virgin ). Place name recorded from the Kamakura period to the Sengoku period.

③ Ishikawa-ken Nomi-gun Kawakita-machi Origin of the soil chamber (old: grass). A place name that was established as a village name in 1889 from a small figure. It was in the Sengoku period in the same place.