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    The surname Sakamoto

    A Japanese surname, carried by 2,741 people in the United States.

    4 syllables Soundex S253

    Sakamoto: #11,478 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Sakamoto #11,478, 2,741 people Sakamoto: #11,478 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Sakamoto #11,478, 2,741 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sakamoto is more common than 92.9% of them.

    Origin

    Japanese origin

    Borrowed from Japanese 坂本 (Sakamoto).

    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 2,741 people named Sakamoto in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 112,640 Americans. That is down 1.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,790.

    #11,478
    rank among US surnames
    2,741
    people in 2010
    0.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    -1.8%
    change since 2000 (was #10,548)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #11,472Mattis2,744112,517
    #11,474McConville2,743112,558
    #11,476Araya2,742112,599
    #11,478Heineman2,741112,640
    #11,484Decicco2,740112,681

    Who is named Sakamoto

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

    78% of people named Sakamoto identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 12% as two or more races and 6.5% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 78%
    • Two or more races 12%
    • White (not Hispanic) 6.5%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.4%
    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 Sakamoto come from?
    Borrowed from Japanese 坂本 (Sakamoto).
    How common is the surname Sakamoto?
    2,741 people in the United States had the surname Sakamoto in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 112,640 Americans. It ranked 11,478th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Sakamoto?
    In the 2010 Census, 78% of people named Sakamoto identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 12% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Sakamoto getting more or less common?
    Less common. 2,790 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,741 in 2010, down 1.8%.