The surname Yamashiro
A Japanese surname, carried by 1,015 people in the United States.
4 syllables Soundex Y526
Origin
Japanese origin
Borrowed from Japanese 山城 (Yamashiro).
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 1,015 people named Yamashiro in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 304,183 Americans. That is up 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 918.
#24,608
rank among US surnames
1,015
people in 2010
0.3
per 100,000 Americans
+10.6%
change since 2000 (was #25,329)
Who is named Yamashiro
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
76% of people named Yamashiro identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 12% as two or more races and 6.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- Asian and Pacific Islander 76%
- Two or more races 12%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6.3%
- White (not Hispanic) 5.1%
Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.
Other Japanese surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Yamashiro come from?
- Borrowed from Japanese 山城 (Yamashiro).
- How common is the surname Yamashiro?
- 1,015 people in the United States had the surname Yamashiro in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 304,183 Americans. It ranked 24,608th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Yamashiro?
- In the 2010 Census, 76% of people named Yamashiro identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 12% as two or more races.
- Is the surname Yamashiro getting more or less common?
- More common. 918 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,015 in 2010, up 11%.