# Inoue (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/inoue/  
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) | 1,391 |
| US rank (2010) | 19,425 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 221,959 people |
| Change since 2000 | +0.4% (1,385 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 井上 (Inoue).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Inoue 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) | 3.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 89% |
| Two or more races | 6.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Inoue in the Empire of Japan and the United States.

## People named Inoue

- Shigeyoshi Inoue, admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II
- Joe Inoue, American musician
- Kiyoshi Inoue, academic and historian, specialist in modern Japanese history
- Enson Inoue, American mixed martial artist

## Similar surnames

In, Inoa, Inouye, Im, Imai.

## 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.