Yamasaka Surname

281,605th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,370 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Japan
Highest density in:
Japan

Yamasaka Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yamasaka Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Japan1,3321:95,9795,921
United States211:17,259,949572,238
Brazil131:16,467,256295,032
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
China11:1,367,321,56651,149

Yamasaka Last Name Facts

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

The last name Yamasaka is borne by more people in Japan than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of Yamasaka click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Yamasaka? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 281,605th most commonly held family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 5,319,377 people. The last name Yamasaka occurs predominantly in Asia, where 98 percent of Yamasaka reside; 97 percent reside in East Asia and 97 percent reside in Nippono-Asia.

The last name is most frequently used in Japan, where it is held by 1,332 people, or 1 in 95,979. In Japan it is mostly found in: Yamanashi Prefecture, where 10 percent live, Kanagawa Prefecture, where 10 percent live and Osaka Prefecture, where 9 percent live. Without taking into account Japan it exists in 4 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 2 percent live and Brazil, where 1 percent live.

Yamasaka Last Name Statistics demography

Yamasaka earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 65.7% more than the national average, earning $71,500 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 Yamasaka
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