Yamane Family History
Yamane Name Meaning
Japanese: written 山根 ‘mountain root’. Many bearers are descended from a family which took its name from a location so named in present-day Saitama prefecture. The name is found mainly in the Tokyo-Saitama prefectures and west-central Japan as well as in the island of Okinawa.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022