Yamato is used as a family name or surname in Japan. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Yamato
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Japan
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Yamato

How popular is Yamato?

Yamato is common in Japan.

Yamato is ranked 15845 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Yamatos plummeted by 2.020202 per cent to 194 since 2000 and slipped by 6963 spots and ranked at 94311. 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		 75.26 86.36
Others 12.37 7.07
Hispanic or Latino 5.15 0
White 4.64 4.55
Yamato is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Japan which signifies that it is originated from Japan. Around 33133 people have been found who wears Yamato as their family name. Yamato is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
440,449 Indonesia10
114,007 Czech Republic4
6,270 Hong Kong3
32,086 Mexico3
2,967 Vietnam3
1,219,338 India3
20,595 China2
124,220 Italy2
151,601 Spain1
48,575 Azerbaijan1
2,377 Marshall Islands1
62,864 New Zealand1
28,746 Algeria1
24,460 Armenia1
2,211 Brunei1
34,581 Chile1
24,771 Colombia1
277,603 France1
20,172 Hungary1
199,150 Kazakhstan1
38,830 Morocco1
118,015 Netherlands1
58,885 Poland1
36,814 Romania1
5,553 Taiwan1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
75,927 England43
8,214 Singapore35
124,645 Ukraine30
5,663 Thailand18
171,702 Canada12
120,934 Australia11
Countries with hundreds of Yamato:
16,274 Brazil811
23,224 Philippines580
6,650 Malaysia304
88,124 United States264
94,214 Russia126
Countries with ten thousands of Yamato:
568 Japan30,852
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Yamato Namesakes

  • Waki Yamato, Artist
  • Atsushi Yamatoya, Film director
  • Michi Yamato, Actor
  • Tetsu Yamato, Soccer player
  • Tomoko Yamatoya, Basketball Player
  • Waki Yamato, Artist
  • Yûki Yamato, Film director
  • Rina Yamato, Musical Artist
  • Takeshi Yamato, Actor
  • Tetsu Yamato, Soccer player
  • Akiko Yamato, from 1971 action, crime movie Joshi gakuen: Otona no asobi, who played the N.
  • Tamae Yamato played the central role of N in 1933 drama flick Edôken hikyaku.

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