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    The surname Takahashi

    A Japanese surname, carried by 4,928 people in the United States.

    4 syllables Soundex T220

    Takahashi: #6,839 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Takahashi #6,839, 4,928 people Takahashi: #6,839 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Takahashi #6,839, 4,928 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Takahashi is more common than 95.8% of them.

    Origin

    Japanese origin

    Borrowed from Japanese 高橋 (Takahashi).

    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 4,928 people named Takahashi in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 62,651 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 4,913.

    #6,839
    rank among US surnames
    4,928
    people in 2010
    1.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.3%
    change since 2000 (was #6,378)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #6,836Habib4,93262,600
    #6,837Hallock4,93062,626
    #6,838Fast4,92962,639
    #6,839Takahashi4,92862,651

    Who is named Takahashi

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

    82% of people named Takahashi identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 10% as two or more races and 5.1% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 82%
    • Two or more races 10%
    • White (not Hispanic) 5.1%
    • 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.

    Famous Takahashis

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Bruna Takahashi
      Brazilian table tennis player, born 2000

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Takahashi

    Takahashi has the Soundex code T220, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T220.

    Other Japanese surnames

    All 123 Japanese surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Takahashi come from?
    Borrowed from Japanese 高橋 (Takahashi).
    How common is the surname Takahashi?
    4,928 people in the United States had the surname Takahashi in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 62,651 Americans. It ranked 6,839th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Takahashi?
    In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Takahashi identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 10% as two or more races.
    Who is the most famous person named Takahashi?
    Bruna Takahashi, Brazilian table tennis player.
    Where is the surname Takahashi most common?
    Wikidata records people named Takahashi in Brazil.
    Is the surname Takahashi getting more or less common?
    More common. 4,913 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,928 in 2010, up 0.3%.