Shibayama

Shibayama Meaning & Origin

About Shibayama
The surname Shibayama is of Japanese origin and is composed of two kanji characters: "shiba" meaning "brushwood" or "small" and "yama" meaning "mountain." Therefore, the meaning of the surname Shibayama can be interpreted as "small mountain" or "brushwood mountain." It is a relatively common surname in Japan and may have originated from a geographic location near a small mountain or an area covered with brushwood.

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Popularity

Surname Popularity by Ethnicity

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

  • Number of People with the name Shibayama: 101
  • Overall Popularity: Less than 0.01% (a rare surname)
  • Ranking: 159,712
  • Frequency per 100k people: 0.03

Below is the ethnic distribution of the surname Shibayama 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
XPM
🗽 NYSIIS
SANA
🔊 Soundex
S01050
🎵 Syllabic Pronunciation
SH IH0 B IY0 AA1 M AH0
🌐 IPA
/shibayama*/
🔊 Double Metaphone
('XPM', '')
🈯 Cross-Lingual Phonetic
S150

Accessibility & Communication

How to write the name Shibayama in Braille

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

The name Shibayama in braille

How to sign the name Shibayama using Sign Language

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

The name Shibayama in sign language

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