# Kaneko (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/kaneko/  
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) | 1,114 |
| US rank (2010) | 22,963 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 277,150 people |
| Change since 2000 | +5.1% (1,060 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 金子 (Kaneko).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Kaneko 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) | 7.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 78% |
| Two or more races | 11% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Kaneko in Japan.

## People named Kaneko

- Nobuo Kaneko, actor

## Similar surnames

Kang, King, Knox, Koenig, Kinsey, Kong, Kunz, Kuhns, Koonce, Kwong, Koons, Kuang.

## 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.