Surname

Miyama

Miyama (深山) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean deep + mountain, and Wikidata lists 19 notable people with this family name.

み · や · ま · みやま
Written深山みやまdeep + mountain

What Miyama means

深
deep
山
mountain

Where the name comes from

Like most Japanese surnames, Miyama 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