Surname

Yamanōchi

Yamanōchi (山内) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean mountain + inside, and Wikidata lists 15 notable people with this family name.

や · ま · の · う · ち · やまのうち
Written山内やまのうちmountain + inside

What Yamanōchi means

山
mountain
内
inside

Where the name comes from

Like most Japanese surnames, Yamanōchi 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.

Surnames that share a kanji