# Sato (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/sato/  
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) | 7,095 |
| US rank (2010) | 4,956 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 43,516 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.4% (6,864 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 佐藤 (Satō).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Sato 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) | 9.1% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 7.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 74% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.1% |
| Two or more races | 8.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Sato in Japan and the United States.

## People named Sato

- Reiko Sato, American actress (1931-1981)
- Yasuhiro Sato, baseball player
- Makoto Satō, actor (1934-2012)

## Similar surnames

Soto, Saito, Seto, Stow, Stoy, Suto, Shatto, Sahota, Scott, Sweet, South, Stowe.

## 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.