How common is the surname Araki?

1,469 people in the United States had the surname Araki in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 210,174 Americans. It ranked 18,703rd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Araki?

Gregg Araki, American film director, followed by Masahiro Araki.

Where is the surname Araki most common?

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

Is the surname Araki getting more or less common?

More common. 927 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,469 in 2010, up 59%.

The surname Araki

A Japanese surname, carried by 1,469 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex A620

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Araki is more common than 88.5% of them.

Origin

Japanese origin

From Japanese あらき (新木, 荒城, 荒木).

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 1,469 people named Araki in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 210,174 Americans. That is up 59% since 2000, when the Census counted 927.

#18,703

rank among US surnames

1,469

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+58.5%

change since 2000 (was #25,098)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#18,694	Klose	1,470	210,031
#18,703	Commander	1,469	210,174

Who is named Araki

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

51% of people named Araki identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 32% as white (not Hispanic) and 9.3% as two or more races.

Asian and Pacific Islander 51%
White (not Hispanic) 32%
Two or more races 9.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.8%

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

Famous Arakis

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Gregg Araki
American film director, born 1959
Masahiro Araki
Baseball player, born 1977

Notable Arakis come mostly from the United States (1) and Japan (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Araki

Araki has the Soundex code A620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A620.

Other Japanese surnames

All 123 Japanese surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Araki come from?: From Japanese あらき (新木, 荒城, 荒木).
How common is the surname Araki?: 1,469 people in the United States had the surname Araki in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 210,174 Americans. It ranked 18,703rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Araki?: In the 2010 Census, 51% of people named Araki identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 32% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Araki?: Gregg Araki, American film director, followed by Masahiro Araki.
Where is the surname Araki most common?: Wikidata records people named Araki in the United States and Japan.
Is the surname Araki getting more or less common?: More common. 927 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,469 in 2010, up 59%.