# Ito (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/ito/  
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. The 6th most common surname in Japan.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Japanese |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 4,344 |
| US rank (2010) | 7,644 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 71,074 people |
| Change since 2000 | -1.7% (4,417 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 伊藤 (Itō) or Japanese 伊東 (Itō).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Ito 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) | 6.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 83% |
| Two or more races | 6.8% |

## Where

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

## People named Ito

- Itō Hirobumi, 1st, 5th, 7th and 10th Prime Minister of Japan (1841–1909)
- Lance Ito, American judge
- Itō Chūta, architect (1867–1954)
- Yūnosuke Itō, actor (1919-1980)
- Yoshihiro Ito, baseball player

## Similar surnames

Ide, Idowu, Ida.

## 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.