How common is the surname Fujita?

1,719 people in the United States had the surname Fujita in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 179,608 Americans. It ranked 16,662nd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Fujita?

Scott Fujita, American football player (born 1979).

Where is the surname Fujita most common?

Wikidata records people named Fujita in the United States.

Is the surname Fujita getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,756 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,719 in 2010, down 2.1%.

The surname Fujita

A Japanese surname, carried by 1,719 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex F230

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Fujita is more common than 89.7% of them.

Origin

Japanese origin

A surname from Japanese.

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 1,719 people named Fujita in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 179,608 Americans. That is down 2.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,756.

#16,662

rank among US surnames

1,719

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

-2.1%

change since 2000 (was #15,356)

Who is named Fujita

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

82% of people named Fujita identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 8.2% as two or more races and 6.7% as white (not Hispanic).

Asian and Pacific Islander 82%
Two or more races 8.2%
White (not Hispanic) 6.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%

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.

Famous Fujitas

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Scott Fujita
American football player (born 1979)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Fujita

Fugitt

Fujita has the Soundex code F230, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F230.

Other Japanese surnames

All 123 Japanese surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Fujita come from?: Fujita is Japanese in origin.
How common is the surname Fujita?: 1,719 people in the United States had the surname Fujita in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 179,608 Americans. It ranked 16,662nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Fujita?: In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Fujita identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 8.2% as two or more races.
Who is the most famous person named Fujita?: Scott Fujita, American football player (born 1979).
Where is the surname Fujita most common?: Wikidata records people named Fujita in the United States.
Is the surname Fujita getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,756 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,719 in 2010, down 2.1%.