The surname Furukawa
A Japanese surname, carried by 1,019 people in the United States.
4 syllables Soundex F620
Origin
Japanese origin
Borrowed from Japanese 古川 (Furukawa).
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 1,019 people named Furukawa in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 302,989 Americans. That is up 0.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,013.
#24,531
rank among US surnames
1,019
people in 2010
0.3
per 100,000 Americans
+0.6%
change since 2000 (was #23,411)
Who is named Furukawa
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
79% of people named Furukawa identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 9.5% as white (not Hispanic) and 8.7% as two or more races.
- Asian and Pacific Islander 79%
- White (not Hispanic) 9.5%
- Two or more races 8.7%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.
Other Japanese surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Furukawa come from?
- Borrowed from Japanese 古川 (Furukawa).
- How common is the surname Furukawa?
- 1,019 people in the United States had the surname Furukawa in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 302,989 Americans. It ranked 24,531st of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Furukawa?
- In the 2010 Census, 79% of people named Furukawa identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 9.5% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Furukawa getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,013 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,019 in 2010, up 0.6%.