Oyama

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 小山 (Oyama), 尾山 (Oyama) or 大山 (Ōyama).

Proper noun

Oyama (plural Oyamas)

1. A surname from Japanese.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Oyama is the 25640^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 962 individuals. Oyama is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (74.95%) and Mixed Race (12.68%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Oyama”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Japanese

Romanization

Oyama

1. Rōmaji transcription of おやま