"Suna Akito" is an extremely rare surname found mostly in northern Chiba Prefecture.
They are particularly abundant in the Koike area of Shibayama Town, Sanbu District.
The small dolphins that can be seen off the coast of Choshi and elsewhere are called "finless porpoises" and are written in kanji as "sunabari."
It is said that this surname comes from the way they catch food by licking (sliding) the sand on the seabed, or from the way they swim by gliding across the sand. It is thought that the surname Sunaakiri may be related to the finless porpoise, a type of dolphin.
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"Suna Akiri" is a family name that is pronounced "Sunameri". There are only about 60 confirmed cases in the whole country, and they are concentrated in Shibayama Town, Chiba Prefecture.
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