Yamagata Surname
Approximately 42,819 people bear this surname
Yamagata Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 41,773 | 1:3,060 | 521 |
| United States | 700 | 1:517,798 | 43,295 |
| Brazil | 172 | 1:1,244,618 | 42,789 |
| Thailand | 58 | 1:1,217,902 | 177,118 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 17 | 1:3,211 | 341 |
| Philippines | 16 | 1:6,327,389 | 184,366 |
| Peru | 13 | 1:2,444,933 | 27,186 |
| Canada | 13 | 1:2,834,276 | 161,175 |
| Cameroon | 10 | 1:2,076,907 | 105,188 |
| Australia | 5 | 1:5,399,140 | 162,351 |
| Germany | 5 | 1:16,101,092 | 397,699 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| Bolivia | 4 | 1:2,654,108 | 7,945 |
| Spain | 3 | 1:15,584,012 | 120,866 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Israel | 3 | 1:2,852,545 | 113,505 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
Yamagata Demographics
Average Male Yamagata Height
169.65 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Yamagata Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yamagata Come From? nationality or country of origin
Yamagata (Russian: Ямагата) occurs more in Japan more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yamagata? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 13,087th most frequently held family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 170,194 people. This last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 98 percent of Yamagata live; 98 percent live in East Asia and 98 percent live in Nippono-Asia.
This last name is most commonly held in Japan, where it is held by 41,773 people, or 1 in 3,060. In Japan it is primarily found in: Tokyo Metropolis, where 10 percent live, Osaka Prefecture, where 8 percent live and Kanagawa Prefecture, where 6 percent live. Barring Japan this surname is found in 32 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 2 percent live and Brazil, where 0 percent live.
Yamagata Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Yamagata last name are 2.89% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 56.12% registered with the political party.
The amount Yamagata earn in different countries varies markedly. In Peru they earn 16.82% less than the national average, earning S/. 16,124 per year; in United States they earn 24.68% more than the national average, earning $53,798 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.57% less than the national average, earning $49,400 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Yamagata Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yamagata in the Russian language | ||
| Ямагата | amagata | - |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Yamagata
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