The surname Nakayama
A Japanese surname, carried by 1,465 people in the United States.
4 syllables Soundex N250
Origin
Japanese origin
Borrowed from Japanese 中山 (Nakayama).
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 1,465 people named Nakayama in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 210,748 Americans. That is down 4.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,538.
| Rank | Surname | People | 1 in |
|---|---|---|---|
| #18,729 | Woodmansee | 1,466 | 210,604 |
| #18,734 | Danks | 1,465 | 210,748 |
Who is named Nakayama
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
82% of people named Nakayama identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 9.5% as two or more races and 5.7% as white (not Hispanic).
- Asian and Pacific Islander 82%
- Two or more races 9.5%
- White (not Hispanic) 5.7%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Nakayama
Nakayama has the Soundex code N250, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code N250.
Other Japanese surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Nakayama come from?
- Borrowed from Japanese 中山 (Nakayama).
- How common is the surname Nakayama?
- 1,465 people in the United States had the surname Nakayama in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 210,748 Americans. It ranked 18,734th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Nakayama?
- In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Nakayama identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 9.5% as two or more races.
- Is the surname Nakayama getting more or less common?
- Less common. 1,538 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,465 in 2010, down 4.7%.