Yamaoka Surname
Approximately 49,106 people bear this surname
Yamaoka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 47,905 | 1:2,669 | 461 |
| United States | 570 | 1:635,893 | 51,189 |
| Brazil | 420 | 1:509,701 | 19,169 |
| Canada | 79 | 1:466,400 | 40,200 |
| Thailand | 48 | 1:1,471,632 | 200,579 |
| Australia | 16 | 1:1,687,231 | 81,699 |
| Philippines | 11 | 1:9,203,475 | 207,772 |
| Paraguay | 9 | 1:804,083 | 8,568 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| Mexico | 5 | 1:24,825,241 | 58,251 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Micronesia | 4 | 1:26,561 | 731 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Spain | 3 | 1:15,584,012 | 120,866 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1:21,371,707 | 253,176 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
Yamaoka Demographics
Average Male Yamaoka Height
168.38 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Yamaoka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yamaoka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yamaoka is held by more people in Japan than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Yamaoka? popularity and diffusion
Yamaoka is the 11,442nd most frequently occurring last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 148,404 people. The last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 98 percent of Yamaoka are found; 98 percent are found in East Asia and 98 percent are found in Nippono-Asia.
This surname is most commonly used in Japan, where it is held by 47,905 people, or 1 in 2,669. In Japan it is mostly concentrated in: Osaka Prefecture, where 12 percent are found, Hiroshima Prefecture, where 8 percent are found and Tokyo Metropolis, where 8 percent are found. Not including Japan this last name exists in 29 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent are found and Brazil, where 1 percent are found.
Yamaoka Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Yamaoka surname are 15.02% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 68.25% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Yamaoka earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 11.53% more than the national average, earning $48,125 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.53% more than the national average, earning $54,419 CAD 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
- 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 Yamaoka
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