Surname

Okuyama

Okuyama (奥山) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean inner + mountain, and Wikidata lists 70 notable people with this family name.

お · く · や · ま · おくやま
Written奥山おくやまinner + mountain

What Okuyama means

奥
inner, deep
山
mountain

Where the name comes from

Like most Japanese surnames, Okuyama 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 Okuyama

Yasuhiro Okuyama 奥山 泰裕Japanese association football player

From Wikidata: notable Japanese people with this family name.

Surnames that share a kanji