Yamanishi Surname

38,528th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13,648 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Japan
Highest density in:
Japan

Yamanishi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yamanishi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Japan13,2831:9,6251,326
United States1501:2,416,393148,665
Brazil1491:1,436,74048,387
Thailand331:2,140,556247,258
Ecuador101:1,590,58518,674
Peru81:3,973,01532,693
Paraguay41:1,809,18612,346
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
England21:27,859,030389,889
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
France11:66,422,722504,397
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622

Yamanishi Last Name Facts

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

Yamanishi occurs most in Japan. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Yamanishi? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 38,528th most prevalent surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 533,964 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 98 percent of Yamanishi reside; 97 percent reside in East Asia and 97 percent reside in Nippono-Asia.

Yamanishi is most commonly used in Japan, where it is carried by 13,283 people, or 1 in 9,625. In Japan Yamanishi is primarily concentrated in: Osaka Prefecture, where 19 percent live, Hyōgo Prefecture, where 10 percent live and Tokyo Metropolis, where 7 percent live. Excluding Japan this last name exists in 14 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent live and Brazil, where 1 percent live.

Yamanishi Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Yamanishi last name are 7.64% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 60.87% being registered with the party.

The amount Yamanishi earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 110.26% more than the national average, earning S/. 40,759 per year and in United States they earn 4.07% less than the national average, earning $41,392 USD per year.

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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 Yamanishi
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