Murayama

Murayama Meaning & Origin

About Murayama
The surname Murayama is of Japanese origin and is written as 村山 in kanji characters. It is a relatively common surname in Japan. The name Murayama is derived from the combination of two elements: "mura" meaning "village" and "yama" meaning "mountain." Therefore, the surname Murayama can be interpreted to mean "village mountain" or "mountain of the village." It likely originated as a locational surname, indicating that the family or ancestors hailed from a village situated near a mountain.

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Popularity

Surname Popularity by Ethnicity

The surname Murayama is a unique entry in our records. Discover more about its distribution and characteristics:

  • Number of People with the name Murayama: 409
  • Overall Popularity: Less than 0.01% (a rare surname)
  • Ranking: 50,960
  • Frequency per 100k people: 0.14

Below is the ethnic distribution of the surname Murayama based on recent US Census records. This is a brief glimpse into the diverse backgrounds of people carrying this surname.

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Pronunciation

📇 Metaphone
MRM
🗽 NYSIIS
MNANA
🔊 Soundex
M06050
🎵 Syllabic Pronunciation
M ER2 AY0 AA1 M AH0
🌐 IPA
/ˌməraɪˈɑmə/
🔊 Double Metaphone
('MRM', '')
🈯 Cross-Lingual Phonetic
M650

Accessibility & Communication

How to write the name Murayama in Braille

Here's how to represent Murayama in Braille, each pattern of raised dots corresponds to a letter in the name.

The name Murayama in braille

How to sign the name Murayama using Sign Language

The image below shows how you can spell Murayama using American Sign Language (ASL). In sign language, each hand shape corresponds to a specific a letter of the name.

The name Murayama in sign language

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