How common is the surname Takeda?

1,213 people in the United States had the surname Takeda in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 254,531 Americans. It ranked 21,524th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Takeda?

Scott Takeda, American actor and journalist, followed by Janie Takeda.

Where is the surname Takeda most common?

Wikidata records people named Takeda in the United States.

How do you pronounce Takeda?

Takeda is /təˈkeɪdə/, 3 syllables.

Is the surname Takeda getting more or less common?

More common. 1,121 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,213 in 2010, up 8.2%.

The surname Takeda

A Japanese surname, carried by 1,213 people in the United States.

Pronounced /təˈkeɪdə/ 3 syllables Soundex T230

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Takeda is more common than 86.7% of them.

Origin

Japanese origin

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

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 1,213 people named Takeda in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 254,531 Americans. That is up 8.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,121.

#21,524

rank among US surnames

1,213

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+8.2%

change since 2000 (was #21,666)

Who is named Takeda

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

83% of people named Takeda identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 7.3% as white (not Hispanic) and 6.1% as two or more races.

Asian and Pacific Islander 83%
White (not Hispanic) 7.3%
Two or more races 6.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.4%

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.

Famous Takedas

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Scott Takeda
American actor and journalist, born 1967
Janie Takeda
American softball player, born 1993

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Takeda

Tejada

Takeda has the Soundex code T230, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T230.

Other Japanese surnames

All 123 Japanese surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Takeda come from?: Borrowed from Japanese 武田 (たけだ, Takeda, literally “military field”) or 竹田 (たけだ, Takeda, literally “bamboo field”).
How common is the surname Takeda?: 1,213 people in the United States had the surname Takeda in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 254,531 Americans. It ranked 21,524th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Takeda?: In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Takeda identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 7.3% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Takeda?: Scott Takeda, American actor and journalist, followed by Janie Takeda.
Where is the surname Takeda most common?: Wikidata records people named Takeda in the United States.
How do you pronounce Takeda?: Takeda is /təˈkeɪdə/, 3 syllables.
Is the surname Takeda getting more or less common?: More common. 1,121 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,213 in 2010, up 8.2%.