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    The surname Nomura

    A Japanese surname, carried by 1,453 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex N560

    Nomura: #18,835 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Nomura #18,835, 1,453 people Nomura: #18,835 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Nomura #18,835, 1,453 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Nomura is more common than 88.4% of them.

    Origin

    Japanese origin

    Borrowed from Japanese 野村 (Nomura).

    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 1,453 people named Nomura in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 212,488 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,457.

    #18,835
    rank among US surnames
    1,453
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    -0.3%
    change since 2000 (was #17,734)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #18,831Cozzi1,454212,342
    #18,835Raval1,453212,488
    #18,841Tabron1,452212,635

    Who is named Nomura

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

    78% of people named Nomura identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 11% as two or more races and 7.4% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 78%
    • Two or more races 11%
    • White (not Hispanic) 7.4%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
    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 Nomura come from?
    Borrowed from Japanese 野村 (Nomura).
    How common is the surname Nomura?
    1,453 people in the United States had the surname Nomura in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 212,488 Americans. It ranked 18,835th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Nomura?
    In the 2010 Census, 78% of people named Nomura identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 11% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Nomura getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,457 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,453 in 2010, down 0.3%.