Besides 'O-joya,' this position's name varied by region under the names of: "Onanushi," "Warimoto (a village official)," "Kimoiri (a sponsor, middleman, and also a village official)," "To-mura (a manger or an official to control villages, ten villages or more as a group)", and "Gougashira."
なお地域によって呼称は多様であり、大名主・割元・大肝煎・十村・郷頭などとも呼ばれた。