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
Yamasa (Marathi: यमासा) has its highest incidence in Japan. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Yamasa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 823,466th most widely held last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 21,624,765 people. The last name Yamasa occurs mostly in Asia, where 95 percent of Yamasa reside; 61 percent reside in East Asia and 61 percent reside in Nippono-Asia. Yamasa is also the 1,807,719th most commonly held forename on earth, borne by 33 people.
It is most frequently used in Japan, where it is held by 205 people, or 1 in 623,631. In Japan Yamasa is most prevalent in: Hiroshima Prefecture, where 22 percent live, Nagasaki Prefecture, where 17 percent live and Ishikawa Prefecture, where 15 percent live. Apart from Japan this surname is found in 10 countries. It is also common in Thailand, where 28 percent live and The Philippines, where 7 percent live.
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
- 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 Yamasa
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