Toyama Family History

Japanese:: written 富山 ‘abundant mountains’. It is found mostly in eastern Japan. The same characters are pronounced Tomiyama in the Ryūkyū Islands.

The same name written 外山 ‘outer mountain’ (and sometimes read Sotoyama) is less common. Many bearers of all versions of the name have samurai or noble connections.

(Tōyama): written 遠山 ‘far mountain’. The name is taken from a village in Shinano (now Nagano prefecture) and is found in eastern Japan and the Ryūkyū Islands.