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

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

How popular is Yokoyama?

Yokoyama is common in Japan.

Yokoyama is ranked 2806 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Yokoyamas plummeted by 4.84375 per cent to 1218 since 2000 and slipped by 1944 spots and ranked at 21459. The last name was found in around 4 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 79.8 86.02
Others 9.77 5.31
White 5.83 6.02
Hispanic or Latino 3.78 2.03
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.82 0
Yokoyama is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Japan which signifies that it is originated from Japan. Around 196254 people have been found who wears Yokoyama as their family name. Yokoyama is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
486,351 Russia10
5,318 China8
112,145 Spain7
46,707 New Zealand5
661,536 Indonesia3
15,956 Venezuela3
78,945 Argentina3
2,113 Taiwan3
2,720 South Korea3
1,333 Guam2
26,532 Chile2
5,443 Dominican Republic2
18,718 Thailand2
19,093 Finland2
13,606 Senegal1
7,847 Albania1
17,236 Ghana1
37,493 Austria1
91,024 Belgium1
18,969 Wales1
83,428 United Arab Emirates1
81,201 Switzerland1
118,015 Netherlands1
24,771 Colombia1
28,365 Kenya1
25,721 Egypt1
1,704,541 India1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
42,407 Sweden22
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
78,184 Italy67
4,855 Singapore65
35,454 Australia61
3,881 Hong Kong59
Countries with hundreds of Yokoyama:
12,518 Mexico340
34,535 Philippines322
34,330 Germany303
53,810 France184
36,041 England118
12,632 Peru114
32,758 Canada101
Countries with thousands of Yokoyama:
2,577 Brazil5,628
20,447 United States1,567
Countries with hundred thousands of Yokoyama:
78 Japan187,235
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Yokoyama Namesakes

    Seiji Yokoyama, Japanese composer of incidental music for television and radio series
  • Aiko Yokoyama, Tarento
  • Akihiro Yokoyama, Musical artist
  • Akio Yokoyama, Actor
  • Satoshi Yokoyama, Soccer player
  • Daisuke Yokoyama, Actor
  • Chisa Yokoyama, Voice actress
  • Chisa Yokoyama, Voice actress
  • Chisa Yokoyama, Voice actress
  • Knock Yokoyama, Comedian
  • Hideo Yokoyama, Novelist
  • Yûji Yokoyama characterized the leading role of Yuji Yokoyama in 2012 comedy and drama flick Rajio no koi.

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