How common is the surname Kawasaki?

1,235 people in the United States had the surname Kawasaki in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 249,996 Americans. It ranked 21,237th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Kawasaki?

Guy Kawasaki, American businessman and author, followed by Audrey Kawasaki.

Where is the surname Kawasaki most common?

Wikidata records people named Kawasaki in the United States.

How do you pronounce Kawasaki?

Kawasaki is /kæwəˈsɑki/, 4 syllables.

Is the surname Kawasaki getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,251 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,235 in 2010, down 1.3%.

The surname Kawasaki

A Japanese surname, carried by 1,235 people in the United States.

Pronounced /kæwəˈsɑki/ 4 syllables Soundex K220

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kawasaki is more common than 86.9% of them.

Origin

Japanese origin

Transliteration of Japanese 川崎 (Kawasaki).

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 1,235 people named Kawasaki in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 249,996 Americans. That is down 1.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,251.

#21,237

rank among US surnames

1,235

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-1.3%

change since 2000 (was #19,882)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#21,228	Corle	1,236	249,794
#21,237	Tillson	1,235	249,996

Who is named Kawasaki

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

76% of people named Kawasaki identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 11% as two or more races and 9.0% as white (not Hispanic).

Asian and Pacific Islander 76%
Two or more races 11%
White (not Hispanic) 9.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

Famous Kawasakis

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Guy Kawasaki
American businessman and author, born 1954
Audrey Kawasaki
American painter, born 1982

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Kawasaki

Kujawski

Kawasaki has the Soundex code K220, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K220.

Other Japanese surnames

All 123 Japanese surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Kawasaki come from?: Transliteration of Japanese 川崎 (Kawasaki).
How common is the surname Kawasaki?: 1,235 people in the United States had the surname Kawasaki in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 249,996 Americans. It ranked 21,237th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kawasaki?: In the 2010 Census, 76% of people named Kawasaki identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 11% as two or more races.
Who is the most famous person named Kawasaki?: Guy Kawasaki, American businessman and author, followed by Audrey Kawasaki.
Where is the surname Kawasaki most common?: Wikidata records people named Kawasaki in the United States.
How do you pronounce Kawasaki?: Kawasaki is /kæwəˈsɑki/, 4 syllables.
Is the surname Kawasaki getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,251 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,235 in 2010, down 1.3%.