Okabayashi

Okabayashi Meaning & Origin

About Okabayashi
The surname Okabayashi is of Japanese origin and is composed of two elements: "oka" meaning "hill" and "bayashi" meaning "forest." Therefore, the meaning of the surname Okabayashi can be interpreted as "hill forest" or "forest on the hill." It is a relatively common surname in Japan and is likely to have originated from a geographic or topographic feature in the ancestral homeland of the family.

🌍 Origin
📏 Surname Length
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Popularity

Surname Popularity by Ethnicity

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

  • Number of People with the name Okabayashi: 157
  • Overall Popularity: Less than 0.01% (a rare surname)
  • Ranking: 111,988
  • Frequency per 100k people: 0.05

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

Ranking information for the surname Okabayashi is not currently available.

Pronunciation

📇 Metaphone
AKPX
🗽 NYSIIS
OA
🔊 Soundex
O201020
🎵 Syllabic Pronunciation
OW2 K AH0 B AE2 SH IY1
🌐 IPA
/okabayashi*/
🔊 Double Metaphone
('AKPX', '')
🈯 Cross-Lingual Phonetic
O212

Accessibility & Communication

How to write the name Okabayashi in Braille

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

The name Okabayashi in braille

How to sign the name Okabayashi using Sign Language

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

The name Okabayashi in sign language

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