Yamasato Surname

881,213th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 306 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Argentina

Yamasato Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yamasato Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil931:2,301,87571,238
United States921:3,939,771214,590
Argentina701:610,62043,172
Peru461:690,95916,320
Japan41:31,961,07353,820
Chile11:17,616,47493,597

Yamasato Last Name Facts

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

The last name Yamasato is carried by more people in Brazil than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Yamasato? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 881,213th most commonly occurring last name in the world, held by around 1 in 23,815,510 people. This last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 71 percent of Yamasato are found; 69 percent are found in South America and 30 percent are found in Luso-South America.

The last name is most frequent in Brazil, where it is held by 93 people, or 1 in 2,301,875. In Brazil it is most frequent in: São Paulo, where 82 percent are found, Mato Grosso do Sul, where 13 percent are found and Mato Grosso, where 2 percent are found. Besides Brazil Yamasato is found in 5 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 30 percent are found and Argentina, where 23 percent are found.

Yamasato Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Yamasato last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 100% registered with the political party.

The amount Yamasato earn in different countries varies somewhat. In Peru they earn 9.53% more than the national average, earning S/. 21,233 per year and in United States they earn 3.13% less than the national average, earning $41,800 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yamassato9416/
Yamashato941/
Yamazato885,001/
Yamasata887/
Yamasoto886/
Yamashata821/
Yamashaita782/
Iamazato7510/
Yamazata751/
Jaimessoto561/

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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 Yamasato
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