Surname

Yamagawa

Yamagawa is a surname from Japanese. It is used in English and Portuguese.

Original Japanese山川

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Yamagawa comes from Japanese.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Japanese 山川 (Yamagawa).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Yamagawa’s family of names

In Portuguese usage, Yamagawa as a surname was borrowed from the Japanese form 山川.

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