How common is the surname Yamasaki?

2,094 people in the United States had the surname Yamasaki in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 147,443 Americans. It ranked 14,296th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Yamasaki?

Minoru Yamasaki, American architect (1912–1986), followed by Tizuka Yamasaki.

Where is the surname Yamasaki most common?

Wikidata records people named Yamasaki in the United States and Brazil.

Is the surname Yamasaki getting more or less common?

More common. 1,884 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,094 in 2010, up 11%.

The surname Yamasaki

A Japanese surname, carried by 2,094 people in the United States.

4 syllables Soundex Y522

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Yamasaki is more common than 91.2% of them.

Origin

Japanese origin

Borrowed from Japanese 山崎 (Yamasaki).

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 2,094 people named Yamasaki in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 147,443 Americans. That is up 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,884.

#14,296

rank among US surnames

2,094

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+11.1%

change since 2000 (was #14,503)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,294	Oehler	2,095	147,373
#14,296	Yamasaki	2,094	147,443
#14,299	Baggs	2,093	147,513

Who is named Yamasaki

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

78% of people named Yamasaki identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 8.5% as two or more races and 7.5% as white (not Hispanic).

Asian and Pacific Islander 78%
Two or more races 8.5%
White (not Hispanic) 7.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6.2%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

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

Famous Yamasakis

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Minoru Yamasaki
American architect (1912–1986)
Tizuka Yamasaki
Brazilian film director, born 1949

Notable Yamasakis come mostly from the United States (1) and Brazil (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Yamasaki

Yamaguchi

Yamasaki has the Soundex code Y522, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code Y522.

Other Japanese surnames

All 123 Japanese surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Yamasaki come from?: Borrowed from Japanese 山崎 (Yamasaki).
How common is the surname Yamasaki?: 2,094 people in the United States had the surname Yamasaki in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 147,443 Americans. It ranked 14,296th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Yamasaki?: In the 2010 Census, 78% of people named Yamasaki identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 8.5% as two or more races.
Who is the most famous person named Yamasaki?: Minoru Yamasaki, American architect (1912–1986), followed by Tizuka Yamasaki.
Where is the surname Yamasaki most common?: Wikidata records people named Yamasaki in the United States and Brazil.
Is the surname Yamasaki getting more or less common?: More common. 1,884 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,094 in 2010, up 11%.