Yamasa Surname
Approximately 337 people bear this surname
Yamasa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 205 | 1:623,631 | 16,125 |
| Thailand | 93 | 1:759,552 | 124,340 |
| Philippines | 23 | 1:4,401,662 | 162,661 |
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 1:1,164,817 | 109,517 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Yamasa (33) may also be a first name.
Yamasa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yamasa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Yamasa (Marathi: यमासा) is found most in Japan. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yamasa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 823,466th most frequently occurring family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 21,624,765 people. The surname Yamasa occurs predominantly in Asia, where 95 percent of Yamasa live; 61 percent live in East Asia and 61 percent live in Nippono-Asia. It is also the 1,807,719th most commonly used forename globally It is held by 33 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Japan, where it is carried by 205 people, or 1 in 623,631. In Japan it is primarily found in: Hiroshima Prefecture, where 22 percent reside, Nagasaki Prefecture, where 17 percent reside and Ishikawa Prefecture, where 15 percent reside. Other than Japan it occurs in 10 countries. It is also found in Thailand, where 28 percent reside and The Philippines, where 7 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Yamasa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yamasa in the Marathi language | ||
| यमासा | yamasa | 90.91 |
| यमासाासा | yamasaasa | 9.09 |
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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 Yamasa
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