Surname

Yamakawa

Yamakawa is a surname from Japanese. It is used in English and Cebuano.

Original Japanese山川

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Yamakawa comes from Japanese.

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How it developed

From Japanese 山川 (Yamakawa).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Yamakawa’s family of names

In Japanese usage, Yamakawa as a surname is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 山川. In Cebuano usage, Yamakawa as a surname was borrowed from the Japanese form 山川.

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Yamakawa山川

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