Explore the Family Name Okuda

The meaning of Okuda

Japanese: written 奥田 ‘secluded rice paddy’. It is found mostly in western Japan and the Ryūkyū Islands. Some bearers have Fujiwara or Minamoto connections. Some characteristic forenames: Japanese Akira, Fumiyo, Hideki, Masako, Minoru, Naofumi, Shigeo, Shizuo, Tadashi, Yoko, Chikako, Eiichi.

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

The surname Okuda was ranked 34,554th in popularity in the United States according to data from the Decennial U.S. Census in 2000 and then dropped slightly in rank to 35,447th by 2010. This represents a decrease of 2.58% in its overall popularity ranking. Despite the drop in rank, the actual count of individuals with the Okuda surname increased modestly from 620 in 2000 to 635 in 2010, marking a growth of 2.42%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#34,554	#35,447	-2.58%
Count	620	635	2.42%
Proportion per 100k	0.23	0.22	-4.35%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Okuda

As for ethnicity, data from the Decennial U.S. Census reveals that between 2000 and 2010, most people with the Okuda surname identified themselves as Asian/Pacific Islander, though this percentage dropped slightly from 88.23% to 83.46%. There were also increases in the proportions of Okudas identifying as "Two or more races" (from 5.16% to 5.98%) and "White" (from 5.00% to 7.09%). The percentage of individuals with the Okuda surname identifying as Hispanic saw a significant increase of 75.78%, rising from 1.61% to 2.83%, although it still represented a small part of the total. No Okudas identified as Black or American Indian and Alaskan Native during these years.

	2000	2010	Change
Asian/Pacific Islander	88.23%	83.46%	-5.41%
White	5%	7.09%	41.8%
Two or More Races	5.16%	5.98%	15.89%
Hispanic	1.61%	2.83%	75.78%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%