The surname Matsuoka
A Japanese surname, carried by 1,008 people in the United States.
4 syllables Soundex M322
Origin
Japanese origin
Romanization of Japanese 松岡 (まつおか, Matsuoka).
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 1,008 people named Matsuoka in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 306,295 Americans. That is down 2.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,036.
Who is named Matsuoka
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
79% of people named Matsuoka identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 12% as two or more races and 5.8% as white (not Hispanic).
- Asian and Pacific Islander 79%
- Two or more races 12%
- White (not Hispanic) 5.8%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.5%
Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Matsuoka
Matsuoka has the Soundex code M322, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M322.
Other Japanese surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Matsuoka come from?
- Romanization of Japanese 松岡 (まつおか, Matsuoka).
- How common is the surname Matsuoka?
- 1,008 people in the United States had the surname Matsuoka in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 306,295 Americans. It ranked 24,736th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Matsuoka?
- In the 2010 Census, 79% of people named Matsuoka identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 12% as two or more races.
- Is the surname Matsuoka getting more or less common?
- Less common. 1,036 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,008 in 2010, down 2.7%.