Surname

Hirayama

Hirayama (平山) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean peace + mountain, and Wikidata lists 122 notable people with this family name.

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Written平山ひらやまpeace + mountain

What Hirayama means

平
peace, flat
山
mountain

Where the name comes from

Like most Japanese surnames, Hirayama describes a place. Its kanji point to a mountain, the kind of landmark a family was known by when surnames became compulsory for everyone in 1875.

Famous people named Hirayama

Sōta Hirayama 平山 相太Japanese association football player
Tomonori Hirayama 平山 智規Japanese association football player
Kiyotsugu Hirayama 平山 清次Japanese astronomer (1874-1943)
Koichiro Hirayama 平山 紘一郎Olympic medalist in wrestling

From Wikidata: notable Japanese people with this family name.

Surnames that share a kanji