Surname

Kayama

Kayama (香山) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean fragrance + mountain, and Wikidata lists 15 notable people with this family name.

か · や · ま · かやま
Written香山かやまfragrance + mountain

What Kayama means

香
fragrance
山
mountain

Where the name comes from

Like most Japanese surnames, Kayama 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.

Surnames that share a kanji