Skip to content
Name Lineage

    The surname Shibata

    A Japanese surname, carried by 1,244 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex S130

    Shibata: #21,105 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Shibata #21,105, 1,244 people Shibata: #21,105 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Shibata #21,105, 1,244 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Shibata is more common than 87% of them.

    Origin

    Japanese origin

    Borrowed from Japanese 柴田 (Shibata).

    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 1,244 people named Shibata in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 248,188 Americans. That is up 3.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,198.

    #21,105
    rank among US surnames
    1,244
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.8%
    change since 2000 (was #20,565)

    Who is named Shibata

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

    77% of people named Shibata identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 9.7% as two or more races and 7.6% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 77%
    • Two or more races 9.7%
    • White (not Hispanic) 7.6%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5.4%
    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 Shibata come from?
    Borrowed from Japanese 柴田 (Shibata).
    How common is the surname Shibata?
    1,244 people in the United States had the surname Shibata in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 248,188 Americans. It ranked 21,105th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Shibata?
    In the 2010 Census, 77% of people named Shibata identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 9.7% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Shibata getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,198 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,244 in 2010, up 3.8%.