# Araki (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/araki/  
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) | 1,469 |
| US rank (2010) | 18,703 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 210,174 people |
| Change since 2000 | +59% (927 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Japanese あらき (新木, 荒城, 荒木).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Araki 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) | 32% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 5.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 51% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |
| Two or more races | 9.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Araki in the United States and Japan.

## People named Araki

- Gregg Araki, American film director
- Masahiro Araki, baseball player

## Similar surnames

Arca, Araiza, Arakawa, Arias, Ayers, Araujo, Arce, Arriaga, Ayres, Archie, Arceo, Argo.

## 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.