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    The surname Arakaki

    A Japanese surname, carried by 1,648 people in the United States.

    4 syllables Soundex A622

    Arakaki: #17,182 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Arakaki #17,182, 1,648 people Arakaki: #17,182 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Arakaki #17,182, 1,648 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Arakaki is more common than 89.4% of them.

    Origin

    Japanese origin

    Borrowed from Japanese 新垣 (Arakaki).

    One of 123 Japanese surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,648 people named Arakaki in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 187,346 Americans. That is down 4.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,719.

    #17,182
    rank among US surnames
    1,648
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    -4.1%
    change since 2000 (was #15,611)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,176Haslett1,649187,232
    #17,182Dauzat1,648187,346

    Who is named Arakaki

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    77% of people named Arakaki identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 13% as two or more races and 5.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 77%
    • Two or more races 13%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5.3%
    • White (not Hispanic) 3.8%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

    Other Japanese surnames

    All 123 Japanese surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Arakaki come from?
    Borrowed from Japanese 新垣 (Arakaki).
    How common is the surname Arakaki?
    1,648 people in the United States had the surname Arakaki in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 187,346 Americans. It ranked 17,182nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Arakaki?
    In the 2010 Census, 77% of people named Arakaki identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 13% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Arakaki getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,719 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,648 in 2010, down 4.1%.