Yamashita Surname

1,188th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 448,118 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Japan
Highest density in:
Japan

Yamashita Surname User-submission:

From the words: yama (mountain) and shita (underneath, below).

Yamashita Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Japan438,3611:29229
United States3,5251:102,82511,351
Brazil3,5021:61,1292,288
Thailand7791:90,67812,675
Canada3771:97,73410,638
Singapore2701:20,399813
Hong Kong2251:32,602571
Philippines1731:585,19264,333
Peru1291:246,38910,235
Australia1201:224,96421,387
Germany771:1,045,52570,954
France721:922,538106,020
Paraguay521:139,1682,946
Dominican Republic461:226,8038,136
United Arab Emirates391:234,93015,673
Portugal381:274,16410,086
Spain361:1,298,66842,856
Guam331:4,852643
England301:1,857,26974,552
Argentina231:1,858,40995,340
Malaysia221:1,340,64757,034
China211:65,110,5513,537
Mexico151:8,275,08036,578
Indonesia131:10,173,015372,576
Northern Mariana Islands111:4,962486
Papua New Guinea111:741,24783,447
Taiwan91:2,604,97216,335
New Zealand91:503,14733,029
Russia81:18,015,382436,635
Sweden81:1,230,84590,587
Netherlands71:2,412,45494,797
Ecuador71:2,272,26423,377
Switzerland71:1,173,27469,697
South Korea61:8,540,0431,433
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
Vietnam41:23,161,5143,610
Tunisia41:152,65617,743
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Italy41:15,289,172132,955
Finland31:1,832,23457,803
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Togo11:7,247,76812,049
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
San Marino11:33,214932
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Burundi11:9,804,8522,349
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Fiji11:894,3914,568
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Oman11:3,687,97114,390

Yamashita (228) may also be a first name.

Yamashita Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

From the words: yama (mountain) and shita (underneath, below).

- yamashitariki

Yamashita Last Name Facts

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

The last name Yamashita (Russian: Ямашита) is carried by more people in Japan than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Yamashita? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,188th most commonly held last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 16,263 people. The last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 98 percent of Yamashita live; 98 percent live in East Asia and 98 percent live in Nippono-Asia. It is also the 594,918th most prevalent given name world-wide, held by 228 people.

The surname is most frequently occurring in Japan, where it is borne by 438,361 people, or 1 in 292. In Japan it is primarily found in: Osaka Prefecture, where 9 percent reside, Tokyo Metropolis, where 8 percent reside and Fukuoka Prefecture, where 7 percent reside. Excluding Japan Yamashita exists in 70 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 1 percent reside and Brazil, where 1 percent reside.

Yamashita Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Yamashita last name are 22.43% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 75.66% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Yamashita earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 67.25% more than the national average, earning S/. 32,422 per year; in United States they earn 16.74% more than the national average, earning $50,370 USD per year and in Canada they earn 20.99% more than the national average, earning $60,110 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Yamashita Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Yamashita in the Russian language
Ямашитаamasita-

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