# Ando (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/ando/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Japanese.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Japanese |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,126 |
| US rank (2010) | 22,749 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 274,197 people |
| Change since 2000 | +0.6% (1,119 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 安藤 (Andō).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Ando in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 31% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 59% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 4.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Ando in Italy and Japan.

## People named Ando

- Salvo Andò, Academic, socialist politician. Served as defense minister of Italy from 1992 to 1993
- Yūya Andō, baseball player

## Similar surnames

Andaya, Ahmed, Ahmad, Amato, Ahumada, Amado, Ahmadi, Amodeo, Aamodt, Ante.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.