How rare is the last name Tanaka?

7,304 people in the United States have the last name Tanaka, about 1 in 40,923. It ranks #4,706 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

TANAKA

#4,706

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
7,304
About
1 in 40,923
This common or more
57.8%
Who bears it

Of the 7,304 people with the last name Tanaka, 76.4% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander, 11.3% as two or more races and 7.7% as White. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Tanaka

#4,702 Whiteman · 7,310#4,705 Lew · 7,305#4,707 Mosby · 7,301#4,708 Durkin · 7,295

Also a first name

As a first name, Tanaka ranks #28,872 of 53,615, with 309 people. See Tanaka as a first name

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