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    The surname Oshiro

    A Japanese surname, carried by 3,177 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex O260

    Oshiro: #10,155 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Oshiro #10,155, 3,177 people Oshiro: #10,155 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Oshiro #10,155, 3,177 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Oshiro is more common than 93.7% of them.

    Origin

    Japanese origin

    Borrowed from Japanese 大城 (Ōshiro).

    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 3,177 people named Oshiro in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 97,181 Americans. That is down 0.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,202.

    #10,155
    rank among US surnames
    3,177
    people in 2010
    1.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    -0.8%
    change since 2000 (was #9,340)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #10,150Bailes3,17897,151
    #10,155Oshiro3,17797,181
    #10,159Goldsberry3,17697,212
    #10,164Harnish3,17597,243

    Who is named Oshiro

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

    80% of people named Oshiro identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 11% as two or more races and 5.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 80%
    • Two or more races 11%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5.3%
    • White (not Hispanic) 4.0%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Oshiro

    Oshiro has the Soundex code O260, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code O260.

    Other Japanese surnames

    All 123 Japanese surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Oshiro come from?
    Borrowed from Japanese 大城 (Ōshiro).
    How common is the surname Oshiro?
    3,177 people in the United States had the surname Oshiro in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 97,181 Americans. It ranked 10,155th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Oshiro?
    In the 2010 Census, 80% of people named Oshiro identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 11% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Oshiro getting more or less common?
    Less common. 3,202 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,177 in 2010, down 0.8%.