Yanamoto Surname

2,185,341st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 75 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Japan
Highest density in:
Japan

Yanamoto Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yanamoto Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Japan541:2,367,48729,899
United States81:45,307,367917,113
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861

Yanamoto Last Name Facts

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

The surname Yanamoto (Russian: Янамото) is carried by more people in Japan than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Yanamoto? popularity and diffusion

Yanamoto is the 2,185,341st most commonly held family name globally, borne by around 1 in 97,167,279 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 83 percent of Yanamoto reside; 76 percent reside in East Asia and 72 percent reside in Nippono-Asia.

This last name is most commonly occurring in Japan, where it is carried by 54 people, or 1 in 2,367,487. In Japan it is primarily found in: Tokyo Metropolis, where 89 percent live. Outside of Japan this last name occurs in 9 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 11 percent live and Thailand, where 5 percent live.

Yanamoto Last Name Statistics demography

Yanamoto earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 49.13% more than the national average, earning $64,350 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yangamoto9441/
Yanaimoto941/
Janamoto8854/
Yanomoto8825/
Yonamoto884/
Yanemoto881/
Yonemoto759,776/
Yonomoto755/
Ianameto751/
Hyonemoto716/
Yonemotto711/
Yohanamata674/
Ionemoto635/
Janamata631/
Yonemato501/

Yanamoto Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Yanamoto in the Russian language
Янамотоanamoto-

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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 Yanamoto
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