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    The surname Nishimura

    A Japanese surname, carried by 2,424 people in the United States.

    4 syllables Soundex N256

    Nishimura: #12,732 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Nishimura #12,732, 2,424 people Nishimura: #12,732 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Nishimura #12,732, 2,424 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Nishimura is more common than 92.2% of them.

    Origin

    Japanese origin

    Borrowed from Japanese 西村 (Nishimura).

    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 2,424 people named Nishimura in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 127,370 Americans. That is down 5.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,551.

    #12,732
    rank among US surnames
    2,424
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    -5%
    change since 2000 (was #11,349)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,724Palmeri2,426127,265
    #12,729McLennan2,425127,318
    #12,732Nishimura2,424127,370
    #12,740Bracamonte2,423127,423

    Who is named Nishimura

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

    78% of people named Nishimura identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 12% as two or more races and 5.9% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 78%
    • Two or more races 12%
    • White (not Hispanic) 5.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.5%
    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.

    Other Japanese surnames

    All 123 Japanese surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Nishimura come from?
    Borrowed from Japanese 西村 (Nishimura).
    How common is the surname Nishimura?
    2,424 people in the United States had the surname Nishimura in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 127,370 Americans. It ranked 12,732nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Nishimura?
    In the 2010 Census, 78% of people named Nishimura identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 12% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Nishimura getting more or less common?
    Less common. 2,551 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,424 in 2010, down 5.0%.