Yamamoto Surname

449th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,159,973 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Japan
Highest density in:
Japan

Yamamoto Surname Definition:

(Japanese) Dweller at the base of a mountian.

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Yamamoto Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Japan1,131,3741:1137
United States11,4381:31,6893,956
Brazil8,6331:24,7971,119
Thailand2,5171:28,0642,705
Singapore8471:6,503400
Canada7921:46,5225,709
Mexico5711:217,3845,682
Hong Kong5061:14,497374
Philippines3891:260,25338,511
Peru2991:106,3016,591
Bolivia2451:43,3322,516
Russia2131:676,63457,992
Argentina1821:234,85419,159
France1661:400,13758,863
United Arab Emirates1641:55,8685,445
Saudi Arabia1591:194,06229,524
Australia1471:183,64418,462
Germany1281:628,94949,754
England1161:480,32831,110
Paraguay1111:65,1961,750
Dominican Republic851:122,7405,063
Spain781:599,38528,019
New Caledonia781:3,541557
China641:21,364,3991,185
Guam621:2,583336
Malaysia411:719,37133,828
Netherlands391:433,00544,158
New Zealand361:125,78715,451
Indonesia351:3,778,548197,284
Colombia351:1,364,97310,441
India331:23,244,406321,547
Chile321:550,51513,718
Kazakhstan291:609,74142,435
Ecuador281:568,06611,415
Qatar281:84,2149,043
Italy261:2,352,18093,058
Switzerland251:328,51725,592
Sweden231:428,12030,474
Taiwan181:1,302,4868,817
Latvia171:120,59117,235
South Korea121:4,270,021781
Marshall Islands121:4,318834
Finland111:499,70030,478
Vietnam91:10,294,0062,767
Austria91:946,15970,786
Hungary81:1,227,03553,030
Norway81:642,78647,258
Belgium81:1,437,08092,692
Uruguay61:571,96026,877
Belarus61:1,583,51089,472
Sri Lanka41:5,202,14012,146
Myanmar41:12,984,4961,309
Bangladesh41:39,839,19317,324
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
Venezuela41:7,551,01953,668
Ukraine31:15,174,232372,501
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Turkey21:38,910,711171,901
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Afghanistan21:16,076,59243,178
Wales21:1,547,26639,871
Pakistan21:89,321,942157,560
Iceland21:190,0456,825
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Luxembourg21:290,2718,611
Cambodia21:7,743,57311,959
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Swaziland11:1,298,1991,718
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786
Vanuatu11:263,2762,086
Antigua and Barbuda11:99,1712,137
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
French Polynesia11:280,8057,211
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Saint Lucia11:178,7813,800
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Mongolia11:2,825,28917,010
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Panama11:3,912,25817,195

Yamamoto (802) may also be a first name.

Yamamoto Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Japanese) Dweller at the base of a mountian.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

User-submitted Reference

This surname means 'base of the mountain' in the Japanese language.

- ariga

Yamamoto Last Name Facts

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

The last name Yamamoto (Russian: Ямамото) is held by more people in Japan 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 Yamamoto? popularity and diffusion

The surname Yamamoto is the 449th most common last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 6,283 people. The surname is mostly found in Asia, where 98 percent of Yamamoto are found; 98 percent are found in East Asia and 98 percent are found in Nippono-Asia. It is also the 288,921st most common first name globally, borne by 802 people.

The surname is most frequently held in Japan, where it is borne by 1,131,374 people, or 1 in 113. In Japan it is primarily concentrated in: Osaka Prefecture, where 10 percent are found, Tokyo Metropolis, where 8 percent are found and Aichi Prefecture, where 8 percent are found. Besides Japan this surname exists in 95 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent are found and Brazil, where 1 percent are found.

Yamamoto Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Yamamoto surname is principally Orthodox (69%) in Russia.

In The United States those bearing the Yamamoto surname are 20.81% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 74.04% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Yamamoto earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 37.81% less than the national average, earning 215,244 kr per year; in Peru they earn 115.17% more than the national average, earning S/. 41,710 per year; in Colombia they earn 22.71% less than the national average, earning $17,547,300 COP per year; in United States they earn 18.95% more than the national average, earning $51,325 USD per year and in Canada they earn 14.58% more than the national average, earning $56,926 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Yamamoto Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Yamamoto in the Russian language
Ямамотоamamoto-

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