Yamakawa is used as a family name or surname in Japan. It is 8 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Yamakawa
No. of characters: 8
Origin: Japan
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Yamakawa

How popular is Yamakawa?

Yamakawa is common in Japan.

Yamakawa is ranked 9948 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Yamakawa bearers increased by 1.538462 per cent in 2010 US census to 330 since 2000, the surname slipped by 2563 spots and ranked at 60960. The last name was found in around 1 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 79.09 88.62
Others 10 6.15
Hispanic or Latino 6.97 1.54
White 3.94 3.69
Yamakawa is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Japan which signifies that it is originated from Japan. Around 54098 people have been found who wears Yamakawa as their family name. Yamakawa is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
135,535 Australia9
541,660 Russia8
90,215 Germany3
723,167 Indonesia2
13,552 Qatar2
95,312 Argentina2
26,123 Malaysia2
151,601 Spain1
91,024 Belgium1
24,771 Colombia1
49,101 Denmark1
153,416 Italy1
47,891 Norway1
56,169 Mexico1
7,292 Vietnam1
5,553 Taiwan1
77,122 Sweden1
118,015 Netherlands1
38,841 Scotland1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
126,462 England22
15,050 Singapore18
133,639 Canada18
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
93,642 France98
Countries with hundreds of Yamakawa:
64,824 United States387
39,199 Philippines258
8,874 Peru214
Countries with thousands of Yamakawa:
8,881 Brazil1,558
Countries with ten thousands of Yamakawa:
357 Japan51,485
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Yamakawa Namesakes

  • Atsuko Yamakawa, Film producer
  • Etsuko Yamakawa, Songwriter
  • Hideki Yamakawa, Film producer
  • Keisuke Yamakawa, Lyricist
  • Kenichi Yamakawa, Author
  • Kotomi Yamakawa, Voice actress
  • Susumu Yamakawa, Writer
  • Yoshiki Yamakawa, Film director
  • Yukio Yamakawa, Announcer
  • Yutaka Yamakawa, Singer
  • Kyôko Yamakawa played the leading role of N in 1931 drama flick Kôijiya inochi wa sutekanerû.

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