Surname
Yamamura
Yamamura (山村) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean mountain + village, and Wikidata lists 80 notable people with this family name.
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What Yamamura means
山
mountain
村
village
Where the name comes from
Like most Japanese surnames, Yamamura describes a place. Its kanji point to a mountain and a village, the kind of landmark a family was known by when surnames became compulsory for everyone in 1875.
Famous people named Yamamura
Kazuya Yamamura 山村 和也Japanese association football player
Yasuhiro Yamamura 山村 泰弘Japanese association football player
Sō Yamamura 山村 聰Japanese actor (1910–2000)
From Wikidata: notable Japanese people with this family name.