Etymology and distribution of 串.

Kushi 【串】^{レベル3
About 400}  The Japanese surnames etymology dictionary.

Miyazaki-ken , Hiroshima-ken , Akita-ken . Saitama-ken Born in Kodama-cho, Kodama-gun, Kodama. A place name with a record since the Muromachi period. The place name was also written as "Kotanban" and "Kodama". He told him that he called it during the Heian period in the same place.

※ Miyazaki-ken Miyakonojou-shi There was Kodama gate of the gate division system in the Edo period in Kodama, a small character in Nomi Miya Town. The place name, the gate name is estimated from the person's name.