as a Last Name
- 3,503
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Yamada
Meaning & Origins
Japanese: from a place name meaning ‘mountain rice paddy’; the surname, like the place name, is very common, so that many of its bearers may be unrelated. The surname is especially common along the eastern seaboard. It is listed in the Shinsen shōjiroku.
| 8,139th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 3,503
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Hawaii
- has the most people named Yamada per capita
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