How common is the surname Sakai?

2,287 people in the United States had the surname Sakai in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 135,000 Americans. It ranked 13,334th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Sakai?

Stan Sakai, American comic artist, followed by Richard Sakai.

Where is the surname Sakai most common?

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

Is the surname Sakai getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,303 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,287 in 2010, down 0.7%.

The surname Sakai

A Japanese surname, carried by 2,287 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex S200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sakai is more common than 91.8% of them.

Origin

Japanese origin

Borrowed from Japanese 堺 (Sakai), Japanese 酒井 (Sakai), Japanese 坂井 (Sakai) or Japanese 境 (Sakai).

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 2,287 people named Sakai in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 135,000 Americans. That is down 0.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,303.

#13,334

rank among US surnames

2,287

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

-0.7%

change since 2000 (was #12,373)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#13,326	Lamotte	2,289	134,882
#13,330	Bothwell	2,288	134,941
#13,334	Korb	2,287	135,000
#13,338	Saxena	2,286	135,059

Who is named Sakai

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

76% of people named Sakai identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 12% as white (not Hispanic) and 9.5% as two or more races.

Asian and Pacific Islander 76%
White (not Hispanic) 12%
Two or more races 9.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%

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

Famous Sakais

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Stan Sakai
American comic artist, born 1953
Richard Sakai
American producer (born 1954)
Augusto Sakai
Brazilian mixed martial artist, born 1991

Notable Sakais come mostly from the United States (2) and Brazil (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Sakai

Sakai has the Soundex code S200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S200.

Other Japanese surnames

All 123 Japanese surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Sakai come from?: Borrowed from Japanese 堺 (Sakai), Japanese 酒井 (Sakai), Japanese 坂井 (Sakai) or Japanese 境 (Sakai).
How common is the surname Sakai?: 2,287 people in the United States had the surname Sakai in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 135,000 Americans. It ranked 13,334th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Sakai?: In the 2010 Census, 76% of people named Sakai identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 12% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Sakai?: Stan Sakai, American comic artist, followed by Richard Sakai.
Where is the surname Sakai most common?: Wikidata records people named Sakai in the United States and Brazil.
Is the surname Sakai getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,303 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,287 in 2010, down 0.7%.