Surname

Funayama

Funayama (船山) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean ship + mountain, and Wikidata lists 11 notable people with this family name.

ふ · な · や · ま · ふなやま
Written船山ふなやまship + mountain

What Funayama means

船
ship
山
mountain

Where the name comes from

Like most Japanese surnames, Funayama describes a place. Its kanji point to a mountain, the kind of landmark a family was known by when surnames became compulsory for everyone in 1875.

Famous people named Funayama

Yuji Funayama 船山 祐二Japanese association football player
Takayuki Funayama 船山 貴之Japanese association football player

From Wikidata: notable Japanese people with this family name.

Surnames that share a kanji