Yamazaki Surname

1,173rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 455,549 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Japan
Highest density in:
Japan

Yamazaki Surname User-submission:

Yama means 'mountain' in Japanese; zaki means 'plateau'. Yamazaki means 'mountain plateau'.

Yamazaki Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Japan451,8521:28327
Brazil1,0701:200,0697,703
United States9361:387,24234,088
Thailand5411:130,57019,906
Hong Kong2111:34,765608
Singapore1801:30,5981,143
Australia1661:162,62516,859
Canada1401:263,18324,832
Philippines911:1,112,50890,748
Germany481:1,677,19797,745
England351:1,591,94567,242
Argentina271:1,583,08986,049
Sweden251:393,87027,867
Malaysia221:1,340,64757,034
Mexico191:6,532,95832,927
China171:80,430,6804,441
Paraguay151:482,4506,463
United Arab Emirates141:654,44824,061
Qatar121:196,50026,891
France101:6,642,272293,169
Russia91:16,013,673414,297
Morocco91:3,830,67854,497
Spain81:5,844,00486,878
Netherlands71:2,412,45494,797
Indonesia71:18,892,742520,071
Ecuador71:2,272,26423,377
Chile71:2,516,63933,195
Peru51:6,356,82538,776
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
Laos41:1,647,081888
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
Monaco31:12,3552,088
South Korea31:17,080,0852,793
Pakistan31:59,547,962132,569
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Vietnam21:46,323,0275,235
Finland21:2,748,35172,663
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
Fiji11:894,3914,568
Guam11:160,1214,893
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Myanmar11:51,937,9852,166
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Panama11:3,912,25817,195

Yamazaki (1,770) may also be a first name.

Yamazaki Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Yama means 'mountain' in Japanese; zaki means 'plateau'. Yamazaki means 'mountain plateau'.

- micheley

Yamazaki Last Name Facts

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

Yamazaki (Russian: Ямазаки) occurs more in Japan more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Yamazaki? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,173rd most frequent surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 15,997 people. The surname Yamazaki occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Yamazaki live; 99 percent live in East Asia and 99 percent live in Nippono-Asia. It is also the 181,884th most widely held forename in the world, borne by 1,770 people.

The last name is most frequently occurring in Japan, where it is borne by 451,852 people, or 1 in 283. In Japan it is mostly found in: Tokyo Metropolis, where 12 percent live, Saitama Prefecture, where 9 percent live and Kanagawa Prefecture, where 8 percent live. Aside from Japan it occurs in 63 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 0 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.

Yamazaki Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Yamazaki last name are 15.31% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 68.54% registered with the political party.

The amount Yamazaki earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 4.57% more than the national average, earning $45,121 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.28% more than the national average, earning $52,304 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Yamazaki Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Yamazaki in the Russian language
Ямазакиamazaki-

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