The surname Miyashiro
A Japanese surname, carried by 1,671 people in the United States.
4 syllables Soundex M260
Origin
Japanese origin
Borrowed from Japanese 宮城 (Miyashiro).
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 1,671 people named Miyashiro in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 184,767 Americans. That is down 2.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,711.
Who is named Miyashiro
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
78% of people named Miyashiro identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 13% as two or more races and 5.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- Asian and Pacific Islander 78%
- Two or more races 13%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5.0%
- White (not Hispanic) 4.0%
Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Miyashiro
Miyashiro has the Soundex code M260, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M260.
Other Japanese surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Miyashiro come from?
- Borrowed from Japanese 宮城 (Miyashiro).
- How common is the surname Miyashiro?
- 1,671 people in the United States had the surname Miyashiro in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 184,767 Americans. It ranked 17,005th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Miyashiro?
- In the 2010 Census, 78% of people named Miyashiro identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 13% as two or more races.
- Is the surname Miyashiro getting more or less common?
- Less common. 1,711 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,671 in 2010, down 2.3%.