# Hashimoto (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/hashimoto/  
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) | 2,694 |
| US rank (2010) | 11,637 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 114,605 people |
| Change since 2000 | -0.4% (2,706 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 橋本 (Hashimoto, literally “base of bridge”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Hashimoto 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) | 5.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 77% |
| Two or more races | 14% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Hashimoto in Japan.

## People named Hashimoto

- Ryutaro Hashimoto, 82nd and 83rd Prime Minister of Japan (1937-2006)

## Similar surnames

Highsmith, Hyacinthe.

## 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.