Surname 山下

Family name 山下 (Yamashita , 山下 , Ямасаки ) , all around the world, is a common surname. The cognomen 山下 is habitual in Paraguay, where it is quite a rare surname, Singapore, and Japan. Measured by absolute frequency, it is commonest in Brazil, Japan, and the United States. Very seldom, 山下 is the forename as well as the last name.

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name 山下

VARIANT	COUNTRY
Yamashita	China, Japan, Indonesia, Brazil, United States
山下	China
Ямасаки	Russia
Ямамото	Ukraine, Russia, Kazakhstan

Last names said to be same

Jamamoto, Jamasaki, Yamamoto, Yamanoshita, Yamasaki, Yamasita, Yashita, Ямасита, ياماموتو, やまさき, やました, ヤマモト, 山元, and 山本

Notable namesakes

	山下謙一 Japanese politician, JP (b. 1885)
	山下太郎 Japanese businessman, JP (b. 1889)
	山下利三郎 Japanese novelist, JP (b. 1892)
	山下太郎 (1896-1970), JP (b. 1896)
	山下真司 Japanese actor, JP (b. 1951)
	山下俊一 medical scientist in Japan, JP (b. 1952)
	山下和彦 Japanese baseball player, JP (b. 1962)
	山下直子 Japanese singer, JP (b. 1965)
	山下光 political scientist in Japan, JP (b. 1971)
	山下弘文 Japanese ichthyologist and environmentalist, JP (b. 1934)
	山下泰弘 basketball player (1986-), JP (b. 1986)
	山下りな Japanese professional wrestler, JP (b. 1989)
	山下典子 Japanese essayist, JP (b. 1939)
	山下秀樹 Japanese businessman, JP (b. 1943)
	山下治 JP (b. 1936)