Yamanaga Surname
Approximately 386 people bear this surname
Yamanaga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 376 | 1:340,011 | 11,824 |
| United States | 9 | 1:40,273,215 | 872,126 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Yamanaga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yamanaga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Yamanaga is carried by more people in Japan than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Yamanaga? popularity and diffusion
The last name Yamanaga is the 745,450th most numerous last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 18,879,653 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 97 percent of Yamanaga live; 97 percent live in East Asia and 97 percent live in Nippono-Asia.
This surname is most common in Japan, where it is carried by 376 people, or 1 in 340,011. In Japan it is most numerous in: Fukuoka Prefecture, where 19 percent are found, Hiroshima Prefecture, where 19 percent are found and Ōita Prefecture, where 11 percent are found. Besides Japan it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 2 percent are found and Brazil, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Yamanaga
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