Yamaguchi Surname

777th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 684,122 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Japan
Highest density in:
Japan

Yamaguchi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yamaguchi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Japan673,5971:19016
United States4,1961:86,3829,754
Brazil2,7191:78,7332,949
Thailand1,2631:55,9296,792
Singapore4191:13,145609
Philippines2241:451,95655,298
Hong Kong2111:34,765608
Mexico1801:689,59010,740
Peru1641:193,8069,093
Canada1511:244,01123,241
Australia1251:215,96620,787
Argentina1151:371,68228,832
England1121:497,48331,781
Micronesia881:1,207276
Germany711:1,133,88074,985
France541:1,230,050127,496
United Arab Emirates401:229,05715,464
Chile371:476,12112,335
Malaysia331:893,76440,799
Spain321:1,461,00145,498
Guam291:5,521755
China241:56,971,7323,099
Qatar221:107,18211,536
Netherlands221:767,59958,330
New Zealand181:251,57423,165
Switzerland151:547,52838,365
Belgium121:958,05473,966
Venezuela111:2,745,82529,869
Russia101:14,412,306394,810
Italy91:6,795,188113,457
Finland71:785,24338,644
Vietnam71:13,235,1512,948
Indonesia61:22,041,532555,748
Cuba51:2,304,5438,951
Israel51:1,711,52784,568
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Malawi41:4,279,77724,060
Scotland41:1,338,45435,497
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
New Caledonia41:69,0566,678
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
South Korea41:12,810,0642,073
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
Uganda31:13,013,093160,157
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Belarus31:3,167,020121,664
Wales21:1,547,26639,871
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
Marshall Islands21:25,9101,967
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Paraguay21:3,618,37313,977
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Bolivia21:5,308,21712,400
Saint Lucia11:178,7813,800
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
French Polynesia11:280,8057,211
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Brunei11:418,7313,893
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
East Timor11:1,215,928507
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Madagascar11:23,649,8379,420
Mongolia11:2,825,28917,010
Myanmar11:51,937,9852,166
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128

Yamaguchi (53) may also be a first name.

Yamaguchi Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Yamaguchi Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Yamaguchi (Russian: Ямагучи) is more commonly found in Japan than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Yamaguchi click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Yamaguchi? popularity and diffusion

Yamaguchi is the 777th most numerous surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 10,652 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Yamaguchi are found; 98 percent are found in East Asia and 98 percent are found in Nippono-Asia. Yamaguchi is also the 1,366,219th most commonly occurring first name at a global level, borne by 53 people.

Yamaguchi is most commonly used in Japan, where it is borne by 673,597 people, or 1 in 190. In Japan Yamaguchi is most numerous in: Tokyo Metropolis, where 9 percent reside, Kanagawa Prefecture, where 9 percent reside and Osaka Prefecture, where 7 percent reside. Apart from Japan this last name is found in 81 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent reside and Brazil, where 0 percent reside.

Yamaguchi Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Yamaguchi has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Yamaguchi surname rose 11,200 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Yamaguchi Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Yamaguchi surname are 19.13% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 72.36% registered with the political party.

The amount Yamaguchi earn in different countries varies markedly. In Peru they earn 46.86% more than the national average, earning S/. 28,469 per year; in United States they earn 18.31% more than the national average, earning $51,049 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.04% more than the national average, earning $54,672 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Yamaguchi Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Yamaguchi in the Russian language
Ямагучиamaguci-

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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
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