Yamakata Surname
Approximately 142 people bear this surname
Yamakata Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 112 | 1:1,141,467 | 21,422 |
| Brazil | 24 | 1:8,919,764 | 194,226 |
| Argentina | 3 | 1:14,247,805 | 235,975 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Yamakata Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yamakata Come From? nationality or country of origin
Yamakata occurs in Japan more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yamakata? popularity and diffusion
The surname Yamakata is the 1,484,726th most commonly occurring surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 51,320,746 people. The last name is mostly found in Asia, where 79 percent of Yamakata reside; 79 percent reside in East Asia and 79 percent reside in Nippono-Asia.
The last name is most widely held in Japan, where it is carried by 112 people, or 1 in 1,141,467. In Japan it is most frequent in: Fukuoka Prefecture, where 40 percent live, Hiroshima Prefecture, where 34 percent live and Ehime Prefecture, where 13 percent live. Outside of Japan this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 17 percent live and Argentina, where 2 percent live.
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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 Yamakata
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