Surname
Kitayama
Kitayama (北山) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean north + mountain, and Wikidata lists 25 notable people with this family name.
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What Kitayama means
北
north
山
mountain
Where the name comes from
Like most Japanese surnames, Kitayama 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.