# Shimizu (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/shimizu/  
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) | 2,613 |
| US rank (2010) | 11,960 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 118,157 people |
| Change since 2000 | -1.8% (2,660 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 清水 (Shimizu).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Shimizu 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) | 7.0% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 80% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 8.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Shimizu in the United States and the Empire of Japan.

## People named Shimizu

- Jenny Shimizu, American model and actress
- Ranko Hanai, actress (1918-1961)

## Similar surnames

Shimko, Shimek, Singh, Sims, Saenz, Simms, Song, Sams, Shank, Shanks, Schenk, Swank.

## 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.