Explore the Family Name Ishida

The meaning of Ishida

Japanese: written 石田 ‘rocky rice paddy’, a common placename. Some families of this name descend from samurai of Tosa (now Kōchi prefecture). The name is also found in the Ryūkyū Islands. Some characteristic forenames: Japanese Akira, Hiroshi, Kenji, Susumu, Teruo, Fumiko, Katsumi, Kazuo, Kumiko, Megumi, Nobu, Norio.

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How common is the last name Ishida in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Ishida experienced a slight dip in popularity from 2000 to 2010. In 2000, it was ranked 19,157th common but slipped to 20,172nd in 2010, marking a 5.3% decrease in rank. However, the count of individuals with this surname saw a marginal increase of 0.76%, rising from 1,312 to 1,322 over the same period. Consequently, the proportion of people named Ishida per 100,000 was reduced by 8.16%, falling from 0.49 to 0.45.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#19,157	#20,172	-5.3%
Count	1,312	1,322	0.76%
Proportion per 100k	0.49	0.45	-8.16%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Ishida

Regarding the ethnicity associated with the surname Ishida, the Decennial U.S. Census data reveals that it's primarily linked with the Asian/Pacific Islander group, even though there was a 5.8% decline in this association between 2000 and 2010. There were also noticeable increases in the percentages of those identifying as two or more races (up by 13.84%) and Hispanic (up by an impressive 91.56%). The percentage of White individuals with this surname also increased slightly by 9.67%. There was no recorded change for the Black and American Indian/Alaskan Native ethnic identities as they both registered zero in the 2000 and 2010 censuses.

	2000	2010	Change
Asian/Pacific Islander	82.55%	77.76%	-5.8%
Two or More Races	8.31%	9.46%	13.84%
White	5.79%	6.35%	9.67%
Hispanic	3.2%	6.13%	91.56%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%