# Saito (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/saito/  
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) | 4,367 |
| US rank (2010) | 7,613 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 70,700 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.9% (4,243 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 斎藤 (Saitō).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Saito 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) | 8.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 17% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 66% |
| Two or more races | 7.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Saito in Japan, the United States and Brazil.

## People named Saito

- Saitō Yoshitatsu, 16-century Japanese daimyo during the Senkoku period
- James Saito, American actor
- Juniti Saito, Brazilian air force general

## Similar surnames

Sato, Said, Saitta, Shatto, Scott, Soto, Sweet, South, Stowe, Schott, Syed, Sweat.

## 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.