Yamason Surname

2,605,694th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 55 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Japan
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Yamason Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yamason Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Japan381:3,364,32434,461
Papua New Guinea161:509,60763,542
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861

Yamason Last Name Facts

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

The last name Yamason occurs in Japan more than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Yamason? popularity and diffusion

The last name Yamason is the 2,605,694th most commonly occurring surname globally, borne by around 1 in 132,500,835 people. The last name Yamason occurs predominantly in Asia, where 71 percent of Yamason are found; 69 percent are found in East Asia and 69 percent are found in Nippono-Asia.

This last name is most frequent in Japan, where it is borne by 38 people, or 1 in 3,364,324. In Japan it is most common in: Chiba Prefecture, where 79 percent live, Nara Prefecture, where 11 percent live and Okayama Prefecture, where 3 percent live. Not including Japan it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 29 percent live and The Philippines, where 2 percent live.

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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 Yamason
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