Etymology and distribution of 祖谷.

Sotani 【祖谷】^{レベル3
About 140}  The Japanese surnames etymology dictionary.

出石 Izushi reference.

Soya 【祖谷】^{レベル3
About 140}  The Japanese surnames etymology dictionary.

Wakayama-ken , Ishikawa-ken , Oosaka-fu .

① Wakayama-ken Kaisou-gun Kimino-chou Originated from Obata (formerly Terauchi). Place name recorded in the Muromachi period. Terauchi castle in the area is a castle built during the Warring States period by Mr. Teronaka.

② Ishikawa-ken Birth of Kanazawa-shi Teraji (Jichu) town. A place name with a record since the Edo period. Ishikawa-ken Kanazawa-shi Marunouchi was in the Edo era at the Kaga clan in the Clan office.

③ Fukuoka-ken Buzen-shi Originated from the middle of a small temple in the river (Jitou). My last name is Jitou.

④ Nagasaki-ken Shimabara-shi The birthplace of the Town in Ji-chu. Place name unknown record era. It is distributed in the same place.

There was a temple (Jitou) in the designation of the person who worked in the temple. Chiba-ken Matsudo-shi There is a record in the mainland temple of Nichiren sect in Hiraga in 1454 (3rd year of Kimito).