Explore the Family Name Sugiura

The meaning of Sugiura

Japanese: written 杉浦 ‘cedar bay’. It is found along the eastern seaboard and elsewhere in eastern Japan. Some bearers descend from the Kanmu Heike or Saga Genji.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Sugiura saw a decline between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it ranked 62,396 in the United States and fell to a rank of 72,105 by 2010, indicating a decrease of 15.56%. The count of individuals bearing this last name also dropped from 300 in 2000 to 270 in 2010, a reduction of 10%. Furthermore, its proportion per 100,000 people decreased by 18.18% over the same decade.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#62,396	#72,105	-15.56%
Count	300	270	-10%
Proportion per 100k	0.11	0.09	-18.18%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Sugiura

When examining the ethnic identity associated with the Sugiura surname in the Decennial U.S. Census data, there were some notable changes between 2000 and 2010. The majority of individuals with this last name identified as Asian/Pacific Islander, although this group's percentage declined slightly from 85.33% to 79.63%. Meanwhile, those identifying as two or more races saw an increase from 7.33% to 9.63%, and the proportion identifying as White grew significantly from 6% to 8.89%. A new emergence was noticed in the Hispanic category, which went from having no representation in 2000 to accounting for 1.85% of the Sugiuras in 2010. Black and American Indian and Alaskan Native identities remained stable with no reported individuals from these groups.

	2000	2010	Change
Asian/Pacific Islander	85.33%	79.63%	-6.68%
Two or More Races	7.33%	9.63%	31.38%
White	6%	8.89%	48.17%
Hispanic	0%	1.85%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%