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The surname Yoshimura

A Japanese surname, carried by 1,481 people in the United States.

4 syllables Soundex Y256

Yoshimura: #18,601 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Yoshimura #18,601, 1,481 people Yoshimura: #18,601 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Yoshimura #18,601, 1,481 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Yoshimura is more common than 88.5% of them.

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 1,481 people named Yoshimura in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 208,471 Americans. That is down 2.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,526.

#18,601
rank among US surnames
1,481
people in 2010
0.5
per 100,000 Americans
-2.9%
change since 2000 (was #17,141)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#18,596Winnett1,482208,330
#18,601Beerman1,481208,471
#18,609Bosquez1,480208,612

Who is named Yoshimura

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

80% of people named Yoshimura identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 10% as two or more races and 4.7% as white (not Hispanic).

  • Asian and Pacific Islander 80%
  • Two or more races 10%
  • White (not Hispanic) 4.7%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.5%
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.

Other Japanese surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Yoshimura come from?
Yoshimura is Japanese in origin.
How common is the surname Yoshimura?
1,481 people in the United States had the surname Yoshimura in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 208,471 Americans. It ranked 18,601st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Yoshimura?
In the 2010 Census, 80% of people named Yoshimura identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 10% as two or more races.
Is the surname Yoshimura getting more or less common?
Less common. 1,526 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,481 in 2010, down 2.9%.