# Suzuki (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/suzuki/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

The second most common Japanese surname from Japanese.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Japanese |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 5,274 |
| US rank (2010) | 6,438 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 58,541 people |
| Change since 2000 | +0.8% (5,233 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | [syˈzyː.ki], 3 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese Suzuki (Suzuki), from Japanese すずき (Suzuki, “surname”) or Japanese スズキ (Suzuki, “automaker”); from Japanese 鈴木 (Suzuki) (automaker from the surname).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Suzuki 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) | 6.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 83% |
| Two or more races | 7.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Suzuki in Brazil, Japan, Ghana and the United States.

## People named Suzuki

- Kantarō Suzuki, 29th Prime Minister of Japan (1868-1948)
- Zion Suzuki, American-Japanese association footballer
- Bruno Suzuki, Brazilian association football player
- Danni Suzuki, Brazilian actress, director and television presenter
- Kurt Suzuki, American baseball player and manager

## Similar surnames

Sykes, Sikes, Sasaki, Szewczyk, Sawchuk, Shewchuk.

## 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.