# Yamagata (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/yamagata/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Japanese.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Japanese |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 459 |
| US rank (2010) | 46,404 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 672,648 people |
| Change since 2000 | +6.5% (431 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 山県 (Yamagata), 山方 (Yamagata), 山形 (Yamagata) or 山像 (Yamagata).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Yamagata in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 11% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 4.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 71% |
| Two or more races | 12% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Yamagata in the United States.

## People named Yamagata

- Rachael Yamagata, American musician

## Similar surnames

Yamashita, Yingst, Youngstrom.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.