# Arakawa (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/arakawa/  
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) | 1,015 |
| US rank (2010) | 24,608 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 304,183 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.7% (988 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 荒川 (あらかわ, Arakawa).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Arakawa 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) | 6.9% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 75% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 13% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Arakawa in the United States.

## People named Arakawa

- Betsy Arakawa, American pianist (1959–2025)

## Similar surnames

Araiza, Araki, Arias, Ayers, Araujo, Arce, Arriaga, Ayres, Archie, Arceo, Argo, Ariza.

## 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.