# Takeda (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/takeda/  
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) | 1,213 |
| US rank (2010) | 21,524 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 254,531 people |
| Change since 2000 | +8.2% (1,121 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /təˈkeɪdə/, 3 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 武田 (たけだ, Takeda, literally “military field”) or 竹田 (たけだ, Takeda, literally “bamboo field”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Takeda 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) | 7.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 83% |
| Two or more races | 6.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Takeda in the United States.

## People named Takeda

- Scott Takeda, American actor and journalist
- Janie Takeda, American softball player

## Similar surnames

Tejada, Tackett, Tejeda, Testa, Touchet, Tschida, Touchette, Teachout, Twist, Test, Tosado.

## 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.