How common is the surname Hirano?

1,246 people in the United States had the surname Hirano in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 247,789 Americans. It ranked 21,080th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Hirano?

Keiichi Hirano, baseball player.

Where is the surname Hirano most common?

Wikidata records people named Hirano in Japan.

Is the surname Hirano getting more or less common?

More common. 1,109 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,246 in 2010, up 12%.

The surname Hirano

A Japanese surname, carried by 1,246 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex H650

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hirano is more common than 87% of them.

Origin

Japanese origin

Borrowed from Japanese 平野 (Hirano).

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 1,246 people named Hirano in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 247,789 Americans. That is up 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,109.

#21,080

rank among US surnames

1,246

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+12.4%

change since 2000 (was #21,848)

Who is named Hirano

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

80% of people named Hirano identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 9.8% as two or more races and 6.4% as white (not Hispanic).

Asian and Pacific Islander 80%
Two or more races 9.8%
White (not Hispanic) 6.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.7%

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 Hiranos

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Keiichi Hirano
Baseball player, born 1979

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Hirano

Hirano has the Soundex code H650, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H650.

Other Japanese surnames

All 123 Japanese surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Hirano come from?: Borrowed from Japanese 平野 (Hirano).
How common is the surname Hirano?: 1,246 people in the United States had the surname Hirano in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 247,789 Americans. It ranked 21,080th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hirano?: In the 2010 Census, 80% of people named Hirano identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 9.8% as two or more races.
Who is the most famous person named Hirano?: Keiichi Hirano, baseball player.
Where is the surname Hirano most common?: Wikidata records people named Hirano in Japan.
Is the surname Hirano getting more or less common?: More common. 1,109 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,246 in 2010, up 12%.