Etymology and distribution of 昆布谷.

Kobuya 【昆布谷】^{レベル3
About 130}  The Japanese surnames etymology dictionary.

Mie-ken , Chiba-ken , Toukyou-to .

① Aichi-ken Ama-shi Originated from Shikobeki- cho near Ike (formerly Shibayama Township). Place name recorded from Muromachi period to Sengoku period.

② Kyouto-fu Nantan-shi Birth of Shigayama in Yagi-machi. A place name with a record since the Edo period. Kyouto-fu Kyouto-shi was in the Edo period.

③ Korea type . There is a record of naturalization on Akita-ken Daisen-shi (formerly Semboku-gun Kyowa-mura) on February 26, 1964. The real name is Emperor. 皇甫 Kouho reference.

※ Chiba-ken Sanbu-gun Shibayama -machi Shibayama is a place name recorded in the notation of "Shibayama" in the Edo period.

Kobutani 【昆布谷】^{レベル3
About 130}  The Japanese surnames etymology dictionary.

Miyagi-ken Sendai-shi , Iwate-ken Toono-shi . Toukyou-to Katsushika-ku Shibamata's origin. In place of the warring States era, the name of the place with a record of "Shibata". The place name was also written as "Shiba Masa." Iwate-ken Toono-shi Ogi- machi Ayukaira has passed down. I will tell him that it is Meiji New Last Name in 1875. Iwate-ken Ichinoseki-shi was written in Muroge Town as "Shikao" during the Warring States Period. It is unknown whether the bifurcation exists.