Etymology and distribution of 谷郷.

Tanigou 【谷郷】^{レベル3
About 300}  The Japanese surnames etymology dictionary.

Oosaka-fu , Mie-ken , Niigata-ken .

① Topography . From the forest in the center. Mie - ken Iga - shi in Nagata during the Azuchi Momoyama period, in the Edo era in Ogaki - fu Sen'nan - gun Kumatori - chou Futami - cho of Mie - ken Ise - shi . Good neighbor . Kumamoto-ken Kamimashiki-gun Kashima-machi It is distributed in Higashika .

② Topography . Niigata-ken Nagaoka-shi Togakuchi tells Mr. Hayashi that he lived in the land named Nakabayashi in the same place called 1408 (15 years old) and called it. Estimated from the central part and forest name. 林 Hayashi reference.

③ Topography . Tottori-ken Yonago-shi In Yodoe Town Omi told that the branch of Hirabayashi surname was called. Estimated in the Edo period. 平林 Hirabayashi reference.

④ Nagano-ken Matsumoto-shi Originated from the vicinity of Nakabayashi Shrine of Chikuma (old: Nakabayashi). A place name with a record since the Edo period. Tradition in Saga-ken .

⑤ Hyougo-ken Kawabe-gun Inagawa-chou Birth of Kashiwabara Nakabayashi. It is distributed in the same place.