Yamamato Surname

4,034,050th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 24 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Marshall Islands

Yamamato Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yamamato Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States111:32,950,812797,015
Australia51:5,399,140162,351
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Guam11:160,1214,893
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Marshall Islands11:51,8212,326

Yamamato Last Name Facts

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

The surname Yamamato is found most frequently in The United States. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Yamamato? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 4,034,050th most frequent surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 303,647,746 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 63 percent of Yamamato are found; 42 percent are found in North America and 42 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The surname Yamamato is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 11 people, or 1 in 32,950,812. In The United States Yamamato is primarily concentrated in: California, where 55 percent are found, Washington, where 18 percent are found and Hawaii, where 9 percent are found. Apart from The United States it occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 21 percent are found and Brazil, where 17 percent are found.

Yamamato Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Yamamato surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 100% registered with the political party.

Yamamato earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 57.06% more than the national average, earning $67,768 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yamamatou941/
Yamamoto881,159,973/
Yamamotto8221/
Yammamoto823/
Yamamotot822/
Yamaamoto821/
Yamamatha821/
Yiamamoto821/
Yamammoto821/
Yaamamoto821/
Yamamotoo821/
Iamamoto75353/
Yamomoto75241/
Yamamota758/
Yomamoto752/
Jamamoto751/
Hiamamoto711/
Jamaaimata679/
Iamamota634/
Yamomota506/

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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 Yamamato
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