Etymology and distribution of 巨知.

Kochi 【巨知】^{レベル2
About 30}  The Japanese surnames etymology dictionary.

Kanagawa-ken , Gunma-ken , Chiba-ken .

① variant of 重田 . Saitama-ken Kitakatsushika-gun Sugito-machi In the wake nose it is said that it was described as "Shigeta" in the Edo period.

② Kumamoto-ken Kuma-gun Kuma-mura Originated in Katsumi Katsuji Motta (Mota). It is distributed in the same place. My last name is Mota.

③ Topography . Add "rice" to Shigeru which is the surname of Kagoshima-ken 's Amami archipelago. Estimated at the time of returning to Japan in 1953. 茂 Shige reference.

※ Ibaraki-ken Chikusei-shi Shigeta (Moda) is a place name with a record since the Edo period.