How common is the surname Murakami?

2,830 people in the United States had the surname Murakami in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 109,097 Americans. It ranked 11,174th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Murakami?

Jimmy Murakami, American film director (1933–2014).

Where is the surname Murakami most common?

Wikidata records people named Murakami in the United States.

Is the surname Murakami getting more or less common?

More common. 2,817 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,830 in 2010, up 0.5%.

The surname Murakami

A Japanese surname, carried by 2,830 people in the United States.

4 syllables Soundex M625

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Murakami is more common than 93.1% of them.

Origin

Japanese origin

Borrowed from Japanese 村上 (Murakami, literally “upper town, upper part of a town”).

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 2,830 people named Murakami in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 109,097 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 2,817.

#11,174

rank among US surnames

2,830

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+0.5%

change since 2000 (was #10,460)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,168	Dewar	2,833	108,982
#11,170	Gines	2,832	109,020
#11,172	Rothe	2,831	109,059
#11,174	Hornung	2,830	109,097
#11,179	Lucey	2,829	109,136
#11,183	Bruhn	2,828	109,175

Who is named Murakami

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

79% of people named Murakami identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 9.5% as two or more races and 7.4% as white (not Hispanic).

Asian and Pacific Islander 79%
Two or more races 9.5%
White (not Hispanic) 7.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.9%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

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

Famous Murakamis

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jimmy Murakami
American film director (1933–2014)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Murakami

Markham

Murakami has the Soundex code M625, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M625.

Other Japanese surnames

All 123 Japanese surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Murakami come from?: Borrowed from Japanese 村上 (Murakami, literally “upper town, upper part of a town”).
How common is the surname Murakami?: 2,830 people in the United States had the surname Murakami in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 109,097 Americans. It ranked 11,174th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Murakami?: In the 2010 Census, 79% of people named Murakami identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 9.5% as two or more races.
Who is the most famous person named Murakami?: Jimmy Murakami, American film director (1933–2014).
Where is the surname Murakami most common?: Wikidata records people named Murakami in the United States.
Is the surname Murakami getting more or less common?: More common. 2,817 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,830 in 2010, up 0.5%.