Given name & surname

Yamanaka

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

Original Japanese山中

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Yamanaka comes from Japanese.

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How it developed

From Japanese 山中 (Yamanaka).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Yamanaka’s family of names

In English usage, Yamanaka as a surname was borrowed from the Japanese form 山中.

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Yamanaka山中

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