Etymology and distribution of 近谷.

Kon'ya 【近谷】^{レベル4
About 600}  The Japanese surnames etymology dictionary.

Niigata-ken Nagaoka-shi , Toukyou-to . Terrain . A variant of the 島峰 . It was in Niigata-ken Nagaoka-shi during the Edo period. Niigata-ken Nagaoka-shi It is based in Kusatsu.

Kontani 【近谷】^{レベル4
About 600}  The Japanese surnames etymology dictionary.

Nagano-ken . 島田 's variant.

Chikatani 【近谷】^{レベル4
About 600}  The Japanese surnames etymology dictionary.

Fukuoka-ken , Ooita-ken , Kumamoto-ken .

① Ooita-ken Kitsuki-shi Origin of Daejeon Nagamatsu. The location name recorded since the Edo era. Tell the story that you decided the same place in the Muromachi era. In the Ooita-ken Usa-shi neighborhood (formerly: Usa-gun) during the Warring States Period, Saga-ken Ogi-shi Ogi-machi was in the Edo era as a clan of Ogi in the Clan office.

② Abstract . Abbreviation of Eisaku. In Fukushima-ken Nihonmatsu-shi Kamikawasaki Eiyosaku tell me that Meiji New Last name left "Ei" of Nagakusa's surname. 永作 Nagasaku reference.

Chikaya 【近谷】^{レベル4
About 600}  The Japanese surnames etymology dictionary.

Fukui-ken Echizen-shi , Hokkaidou . Fukui-ken Yoshida-gun Eiheiji-chou There is a belief that it was a miyako carpenter at Eiheiji in Soto Buddhism. Unknown times. Fukui-ken Echizen-shi Iceaka-cho is based. It was in the Edo period in the same place. Tell them that they are groundbreaking in the same place.