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The surname Yamane

A Japanese surname, carried by 1,063 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex Y550

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Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Yamane is more common than 85.3% of them.

Origin

Japanese origin

Borrowed from Japanese 山根 (Yamane).

One of 123 Japanese surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,063 people named Yamane in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 290,447 Americans. That is up 0.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,053.

#23,785
rank among US surnames
1,063
people in 2010
0.4
per 100,000 Americans
+0.9%
change since 2000 (was #22,753)

Who is named Yamane

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

74% of people named Yamane identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 14% as two or more races and 8.0% as white (not Hispanic).

  • Asian and Pacific Islander 74%
  • Two or more races 14%
  • White (not Hispanic) 8.0%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

Other Japanese surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Yamane come from?
Borrowed from Japanese 山根 (Yamane).
How common is the surname Yamane?
1,063 people in the United States had the surname Yamane in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 290,447 Americans. It ranked 23,785th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Yamane?
In the 2010 Census, 74% of people named Yamane identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 14% as two or more races.
Is the surname Yamane getting more or less common?
More common. 1,053 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,063 in 2010, up 0.9%.