The surname Tanabe
A Japanese surname, carried by 1,155 people in the United States.
3 syllables Soundex T510
Origin
Japanese origin
A surname from Japanese.
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 1,155 people named Tanabe in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 267,312 Americans. That is up 1.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,141.
#22,319
rank among US surnames
1,155
people in 2010
0.4
per 100,000 Americans
+1.2%
change since 2000 (was #21,381)
Who is named Tanabe
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
72% of people named Tanabe identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 11% as two or more races and 8.9% as white (not Hispanic).
- Asian and Pacific Islander 72%
- Two or more races 11%
- White (not Hispanic) 8.9%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 7.3%
Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.
Other Japanese surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Tanabe come from?
- Tanabe is Japanese in origin.
- How common is the surname Tanabe?
- 1,155 people in the United States had the surname Tanabe in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 267,312 Americans. It ranked 22,319th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Tanabe?
- In the 2010 Census, 72% of people named Tanabe identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 11% as two or more races.
- Is the surname Tanabe getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,141 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,155 in 2010, up 1.2%.