The surname Kondo
A Japanese surname, carried by 2,542 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex K530
Origin
Japanese origin
* (surname): From Japanese 近藤 (Kondō). * (verb): After Marie Kondo (近藤 麻理恵), Japanese organizing consultant and author.
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 2,542 people named Kondo in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 121,458 Americans. That is up 60% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,585.
Who is named Kondo
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
47% of people named Kondo identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 36% as white (not Hispanic) and 6.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- Asian and Pacific Islander 47%
- White (not Hispanic) 36%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6.3%
- Black (not Hispanic) 5.6%
- Two or more races 5.2%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Kondo
Kondo has the Soundex code K530, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K530.
Other Japanese surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Kondo come from?
- * (surname): From Japanese 近藤 (Kondō). * (verb): After Marie Kondo (近藤 麻理恵), Japanese organizing consultant and author.
- How common is the surname Kondo?
- 2,542 people in the United States had the surname Kondo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 121,458 Americans. It ranked 12,238th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Kondo?
- In the 2010 Census, 47% of people named Kondo identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 36% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Kondo getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,585 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,542 in 2010, up 60%.