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    The surname Yamashita

    A Japanese surname, carried by 2,480 people in the United States.

    4 syllables Soundex Y523

    Yamashita: #12,500 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Yamashita #12,500, 2,480 people Yamashita: #12,500 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Yamashita #12,500, 2,480 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Yamashita is more common than 92.3% of them.

    Origin

    Japanese origin

    Borrowed from Japanese 山下 (Yamashita).

    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 2,480 people named Yamashita in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 124,494 Americans. That is up 1.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,435.

    #12,500
    rank among US surnames
    2,480
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.8%
    change since 2000 (was #11,781)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,491Laplant2,482124,394
    #12,496Justiniano2,481124,444
    #12,500Howey2,480124,494
    #12,504Gum2,479124,544

    Who is named Yamashita

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

    79% of people named Yamashita identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 11% as two or more races and 6.2% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 79%
    • Two or more races 11%
    • White (not Hispanic) 6.2%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.3%
    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 Yamashitas

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Iris Yamashita
      American screenwriter, born 1965

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Yamashita

    Yamashita has the Soundex code Y523, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code Y523.

    Other Japanese surnames

    All 123 Japanese surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Yamashita come from?
    Borrowed from Japanese 山下 (Yamashita).
    How common is the surname Yamashita?
    2,480 people in the United States had the surname Yamashita in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 124,494 Americans. It ranked 12,500th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Yamashita?
    In the 2010 Census, 79% of people named Yamashita identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 11% as two or more races.
    Who is the most famous person named Yamashita?
    Iris Yamashita, American screenwriter.
    Where is the surname Yamashita most common?
    Wikidata records people named Yamashita in the United States.
    Is the surname Yamashita getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,435 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,480 in 2010, up 1.8%.