Yamajo Surname
Approximately 624 people bear this surname
Yamajo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 621 | 1:205,868 | 9,141 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
Yamajo (28) may also be a first name.
Yamajo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yamajo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yamajo (Marathi: यमाजो) is most common in Japan. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Yamajo? popularity and diffusion
The last name Yamajo is the 521,266th most frequently used last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 11,678,759 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Yamajo reside; 100 percent reside in East Asia and 100 percent reside in Nippono-Asia. Yamajo is also the 1,994,417th most widely held first name internationally, held by 28 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Japan, where it is borne by 621 people, or 1 in 205,868. In Japan Yamajo is most numerous in: Osaka Prefecture, where 54 percent are found, Hyōgo Prefecture, where 15 percent are found and Kagawa Prefecture, where 9 percent are found. Besides Japan Yamajo is found in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 0 percent are found and Spain, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Yamajo Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yamajo in the Marathi language | ||
| यमाजो | yamajo | - |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Yamajo
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