as a Last Name
- 6,823
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Yamamoto
Meaning & Origins
Japanese: meaning ‘(one who lives) in the mountains’ or ‘at the foot of the mountain’, this is one of the ten most common surnames; it is found predominantly in central and west-central Japan.
| 5,161st in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 6,823
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Hawaii
- has the most people named Yamamoto per capita
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