Etymology and distribution of 小平潟.

Kohiragata 【小平潟】^{レベル2
About 10}  The Japanese surnames etymology dictionary.

Yamaguchi-ken .

① "Heavy" is a favorable character. It was in the Edo period in Yamaguchi-ken Mine-shi .

② Originated from Kokushima -ken Kirishima-shi Kokubu (formerly Shige). A place name with a record in the Kamakura period.

③ things . Add "branches" to heaviness which is the surname of Amagi archipelago of Kagoshima-ken . Estimated at the time of returning to Japan in 1953. 重 Shige reference.