Etymology and distribution of 小寺.

Kodera 【小寺】^{レベル6
About 29,400}  The Japanese surnames etymology dictionary.

Fukuoka-ken , Yamaguchi-ken . There is a longing for a man's name. In Fukuoka-ken Buzen-shi Rokuro tell Shigematsu's descendant it was called. It was in the Edo period in the same place. 重松 Shigematsu reference. Yamaguchi-ken Tells Onoda-shi Yuri Nakamura was engaged in agriculture. Estimated in the Edo period. Good neighbor . Fukuoka-ken Chikujou-gun Chikujou-machi Yasutake is based.

Odera 【小寺】^{レベル6
About 29,400}  The Japanese surnames etymology dictionary.

Ehime-ken .

① 梶 There surname. Ehime-ken Shikokuchuuou-shi was in the Edo period. I tell him that he came from Shiga-ken via Tokushima-ken .

② Origin of Niigata-ken Shibata-shi (formerly Land). The name of a place with a record in the notation of "hill" during the Heian period.

Kotera 【小寺】^{レベル6
About 29,400}  The Japanese surnames etymology dictionary.

Akita-ken Noshiro-shi , Hokkaidou . Akita-ken Oodate-shi Originating in Muroi . Place name with a record in the notation of "heavy inside" during the North-South morning era.