Apparently Japanese family names in most cases consist of two kanji. Do
Japanese people associate a meaning with these?

Take for example a name like 栗山. Is a Japanese speaker conscious about the
fact that the kanji mean "chestnut mountain" or is it just the sounds put
together without additional meaning?
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kanji names
Meaning of family names
It is compatible with English or German last names. Both cultures used last
names to tell the public what their family did or where they came from.
(Though in this day and age its no longer used for this reasoning.)
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