Etymology and distribution of 荒藤.

Aratou 【荒藤】^{レベル3
About 50}  The Japanese surnames etymology dictionary.

Tochigi-ken Utsunomiya-shi .

① Tochigi-ken Utsunomiya-shi is based in Iida-machi. In the same place, tell me that Meiji New Last Name changed from Yoshino surname. In terms of estimation, it is because it pays "good" as a favorable character. 吉野 Yoshino reference.

② Kagoshima-ken Nishinoomote-shi Origin of Anba . A place name with a record since the Edo period. There is a tradition near Fukuoka-ken Dazaifu-shi . It was in the Muromachi period as a vassal of Shimazu based on Kagoshima-ken .

Arafuji 【荒藤】^{レベル3
About 50}  The Japanese surnames etymology dictionary.

安楽城 Araki reference.