# Ono (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/ono/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Japanese.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Japanese |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,143 |
| US rank (2010) | 14,050 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 144,072 people |
| Change since 2000 | -3.4% (2,218 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 小野 (Ono) or 大野 (Ōno).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Ono in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 6.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 81% |
| Two or more races | 8.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Ono in the United States and Brazil.

## People named Ono

- Lisa Ono, Brazilian Japanese bossa nova singer
- Ken Ono, American mathematician
- Sean Lennon, American composer and musician, son of John Lennon and Yoko Ono
- Apolo Ohno, American short track speed skater, writer, and motivational speaker

## Similar surnames

On, Owen, Oney, Ohm.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.