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The surname Sasaki

A Japanese surname, carried by 3,206 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex S220

Sasaki: #10,046 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Sasaki #10,046, 3,206 people Sasaki: #10,046 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Sasaki #10,046, 3,206 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sasaki is more common than 93.8% of them.

Origin

Japanese origin

Borrowed from Japanese 佐々木 (Sasaki).

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 3,206 people named Sasaki in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 96,302 Americans. That is up 2.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,142.

#10,046
rank among US surnames
3,206
people in 2010
1.1
per 100,000 Americans
+2%
change since 2000 (was #9,488)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#10,041Caster3,20896,242
#10,044Lieb3,20796,272
#10,046Pound3,20696,302
#10,050Dasher3,20596,332

Who is named Sasaki

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

79% of people named Sasaki identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 10% as two or more races and 7.3% as white (not Hispanic).

  • Asian and Pacific Islander 79%
  • Two or more races 10%
  • White (not Hispanic) 7.3%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
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

Questions

Where does the surname Sasaki come from?
Borrowed from Japanese 佐々木 (Sasaki).
How common is the surname Sasaki?
3,206 people in the United States had the surname Sasaki in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 96,302 Americans. It ranked 10,046th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Sasaki?
In the 2010 Census, 79% of people named Sasaki identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 10% as two or more races.
Is the surname Sasaki getting more or less common?
More common. 3,142 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,206 in 2010, up 2.0%.