Surname
Takeyama
Takeyama (竹山) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean bamboo + mountain, and Wikidata lists 31 notable people with this family name.
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What Takeyama means
竹
bamboo
山
mountain
Where the name comes from
Like most Japanese surnames, Takeyama describes a place. Its kanji point to bamboo and a mountain, the kind of landmark a family was known by when surnames became compulsory for everyone in 1875.