The surname Yokoyama
A Japanese surname, carried by 1,218 people in the United States.
4 syllables Soundex Y250
Origin
Japanese origin
Borrowed from Japanese 横山 (Yokoyama).
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 1,218 people named Yokoyama in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 253,486 Americans. That is down 4.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,280.
#21,459
rank among US surnames
1,218
people in 2010
0.4
per 100,000 Americans
-4.8%
change since 2000 (was #19,515)
Who is named Yokoyama
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
80% of people named Yokoyama identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 9.8% as two or more races and 5.8% as white (not Hispanic).
- Asian and Pacific Islander 80%
- Two or more races 9.8%
- White (not Hispanic) 5.8%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.8%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.
Other Japanese surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Yokoyama come from?
- Borrowed from Japanese 横山 (Yokoyama).
- How common is the surname Yokoyama?
- 1,218 people in the United States had the surname Yokoyama in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 253,486 Americans. It ranked 21,459th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Yokoyama?
- In the 2010 Census, 80% of people named Yokoyama identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 9.8% as two or more races.
- Is the surname Yokoyama getting more or less common?
- Less common. 1,280 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,218 in 2010, down 4.8%.