How common is the surname Nakashima?

1,674 people in the United States had the surname Nakashima in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 184,436 Americans. It ranked 16,975th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Nakashima?

Brandon Nakashima, American tennis player.

Where is the surname Nakashima most common?

Wikidata records people named Nakashima in the United States.

Is the surname Nakashima getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,675 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,674 in 2010, down 0.1%.

The surname Nakashima

A Japanese surname, carried by 1,674 people in the United States.

4 syllables Soundex N225

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Nakashima is more common than 89.5% of them.

Origin

Japanese origin

Borrowed from Japanese 中島 (Nakashima).

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 1,674 people named Nakashima in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 184,436 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,675.

#16,975

rank among US surnames

1,674

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

-0.1%

change since 2000 (was #15,937)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,968	Kintz	1,675	184,326
#16,975	Vanvliet	1,674	184,436
#16,984	Arita	1,673	184,546

Who is named Nakashima

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

77% of people named Nakashima identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 10% as two or more races and 6.9% as white (not Hispanic).

Asian and Pacific Islander 77%
Two or more races 10%
White (not Hispanic) 6.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5.0%

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 Nakashimas

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Brandon Nakashima
American tennis player, born 2001

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Nakashima

Nakasone

Nakashima has the Soundex code N225, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code N225.

Other Japanese surnames

All 123 Japanese surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Nakashima come from?: Borrowed from Japanese 中島 (Nakashima).
How common is the surname Nakashima?: 1,674 people in the United States had the surname Nakashima in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 184,436 Americans. It ranked 16,975th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Nakashima?: In the 2010 Census, 77% of people named Nakashima identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 10% as two or more races.
Who is the most famous person named Nakashima?: Brandon Nakashima, American tennis player.
Where is the surname Nakashima most common?: Wikidata records people named Nakashima in the United States.
Is the surname Nakashima getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,675 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,674 in 2010, down 0.1%.