The surname Imai
A Japanese surname, carried by 1,059 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex I500
Origin
Japanese origin
Borrowed from Japanese 今井 (Imai).
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 1,059 people named Imai in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 291,544 Americans. That is down 5.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,123.
Who is named Imai
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
74% of people named Imai identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 11% as two or more races and 8.1% as white (not Hispanic).
- Asian and Pacific Islander 74%
- Two or more races 11%
- White (not Hispanic) 8.1%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6.9%
Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Imai
Imai has the Soundex code I500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code I500.
Other Japanese surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Imai come from?
- Borrowed from Japanese 今井 (Imai).
- How common is the surname Imai?
- 1,059 people in the United States had the surname Imai in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 291,544 Americans. It ranked 23,852nd of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Imai?
- In the 2010 Census, 74% of people named Imai identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 11% as two or more races.
- Is the surname Imai getting more or less common?
- Less common. 1,123 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,059 in 2010, down 5.7%.