Endo

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Endo is a 'to' surname where 'En' (遠) means 'distant' or 'far away', indicating a branch of the Fujiwara that settled in a remote province far from the capital Kyoto. The name appears in warrior records from the Kamakura period. The surname is especially common in the Tohoku region (northern Honshu), consistent with the idea of distant frontier provinces, and is particularly prevalent in Miyagi, Iwate, and Aomori prefectures.