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    The surname Inoue

    A Japanese surname, carried by 1,391 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex I500

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Inoue is more common than 88% of them.

    Origin

    Japanese origin

    Borrowed from Japanese 井上 (Inoue).

    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 1,391 people named Inoue in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 221,959 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,385.

    #19,425
    rank among US surnames
    1,391
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.4%
    change since 2000 (was #18,412)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #19,416Jeanjacques1,392221,800
    #19,425Akram1,391221,959

    Who is named Inoue

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

    89% of people named Inoue identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 6.5% as two or more races and 3.2% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 89%
    • Two or more races 6.5%
    • White (not Hispanic) 3.2%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
    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 Inoues

    4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Shigeyoshi Inoue
      Admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II, 1889–1975
    • Joe Inoue
      American musician, born 1985
    • Kiyoshi Inoue
      Academic and historian, specialist in modern Japanese history, 1913–2001
    • Enson Inoue
      American mixed martial artist, born 1967

    Notable Inoues come mostly from the Empire of Japan (2) and the United States (2).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Inoue

    Inoue has the Soundex code I500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code I500.

    Other Japanese surnames

    All 123 Japanese surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Inoue come from?
    Borrowed from Japanese 井上 (Inoue).
    How common is the surname Inoue?
    1,391 people in the United States had the surname Inoue in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 221,959 Americans. It ranked 19,425th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Inoue?
    In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Inoue identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 6.5% as two or more races.
    Who is the most famous person named Inoue?
    Shigeyoshi Inoue, admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II, followed by Joe Inoue.
    Where is the surname Inoue most common?
    Wikidata records people named Inoue in the Empire of Japan and the United States.
    Is the surname Inoue getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,385 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,391 in 2010, up 0.4%.