How common is the surname Kono?

1,211 people in the United States had the surname Kono in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 254,951 Americans. It ranked 21,553rd of 162,253 surnames.

Where is the surname Kono most common?

Wikidata records people named Kono in Japan.

Is the surname Kono getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,254 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,211 in 2010, down 3.4%.

The surname Kono

A Japanese surname, carried by 1,211 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex K500

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kono is more common than 86.7% of them.

Origin

Japanese origin

Borrowed from Japanese 河野 (Kōno) or 高野 (Kōno).

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 1,211 people named Kono in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 254,951 Americans. That is down 3.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,254.

#21,553

rank among US surnames

1,211

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-3.4%

change since 2000 (was #19,840)

Who is named Kono

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

59% of people named Kono identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 26% as white (not Hispanic) and 8.7% as two or more races.

Asian and Pacific Islander 59%
White (not Hispanic) 26%
Two or more races 8.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.6%

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

Famous Konos

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Kohei Kono
Boxer, born 1980

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Kono

Kono has the Soundex code K500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K500.

Other Japanese surnames

All 123 Japanese surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Kono come from?: Borrowed from Japanese 河野 (Kōno) or 高野 (Kōno).
How common is the surname Kono?: 1,211 people in the United States had the surname Kono in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 254,951 Americans. It ranked 21,553rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kono?: In the 2010 Census, 59% of people named Kono identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 26% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Kono?: Kohei Kono, boxer.
Where is the surname Kono most common?: Wikidata records people named Kono in Japan.
Is the surname Kono getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,254 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,211 in 2010, down 3.4%.