Find out how popular the last name Akiyoshi is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Akiyoshi.

Akiyoshi, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Akiyoshi surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Akiyoshi in America

Akiyoshi is the 121590th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Akiyoshi surname appeared 142 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Akiyoshi.

We can also compare 2010 data for Akiyoshi to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Akiyoshi

The surname Akiyoshi is a Japanese name that originated in the late 16th century during the Azuchi-Momoyama period. It is believed to have been derived from the name of a place, specifically the town of Akiyoshi in Yamaguchi Prefecture, located in western Japan.

The name Akiyoshi is composed of two Japanese words: "aki" meaning autumn, and "yoshi" meaning good or prosperous. This suggests that the name may have originated as a description of the town's favorable autumn conditions or bountiful harvests during that season.

While there are no records of the name appearing in major historical manuscripts, it is likely that the earliest documented instances of the surname Akiyoshi can be found in local records and family registers from the Yamaguchi region during the Edo period (1603-1868).

One of the earliest recorded bearers of the Akiyoshi name was Akiyoshi Masayuki (1573-1650), a samurai and retainer of the Mōri clan who served during the Sengoku and early Edo periods. Another notable figure was Akiyoshi Sadayasu (1647-1718), a Confucian scholar and educator who established a private academy in Yamaguchi.

In the 19th century, Akiyoshi Yahei (1838-1917) was a prominent industrialist and entrepreneur who founded the Akiyoshi Trading Company, which played a significant role in the modernization of Japan's economy during the Meiji era.

Other notable individuals with the surname Akiyoshi include Akiyoshi Tatsuo (1935-2021), a renowned jazz saxophonist and bandleader who helped popularize Japanese jazz both domestically and internationally, and Akiyoshi Fumio (1928-2015), a celebrated novelist and essayist known for his works exploring themes of identity and cultural conflict in post-war Japan.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Akiyoshi

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Akiyoshi.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Akiyoshi was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Akiyoshi has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Akiyoshi was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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