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

Hagihara, 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 Hagihara surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Hagihara in America

Hagihara is the 136449th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Hagihara surname appeared 123 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 Hagihara.

We can also compare 2010 data for Hagihara 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 Hagihara

The surname Hagihara is of Japanese origin, dating back to the Kamakura period (1185–1333) in Japan. It is believed to have originated from the region of present-day Yamaguchi Prefecture, where it was likely a local name derived from the Japanese words "hagi" meaning "bushclover" and "hara" meaning "field" or "plain." This suggests that the name may have been associated with someone who lived or worked in a field where bushclover grew.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the Hagihara name can be found in the Taiheiki, a historical narrative from the 14th century that chronicles the wars and power struggles of the Kamakura and Muromachi periods. The text mentions a samurai warrior named Hagihara Yasumasa, who served under the Ouchi clan during the Nanboku-cho Wars (1336–1392).

In the 16th century, the Hagihara clan was a prominent family of daimyo (feudal lords) based in the Chugoku region of western Japan. One notable figure from this era was Hagihara Naomasa (1535–1610), a skilled strategist and military commander who played a crucial role in the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600, which marked the beginning of the Tokugawa shogunate.

During the Edo period (1603–1868), the Hagihara family continued to hold significant influence and landholdings in various domains across Japan. One notable figure from this time was Hagihara Tsunenori (1682–1752), a renowned scholar and poet who served as a retainer to the Maeda clan in Kaga Domain (present-day Ishikawa Prefecture).

In more recent history, Hagihara Yoshiyuki (1888–1950) was a prominent Japanese mathematician and educator who made significant contributions to the fields of algebraic geometry and number theory. He served as a professor at the University of Tokyo and played a vital role in the development of modern mathematics education in Japan.

Another notable figure with the Hagihara surname is Hagihara Kazuo (1913–1983), a Japanese physicist and astrophysicist who made important contributions to the study of general relativity and the theory of black holes. He worked closely with renowned physicists such as Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar and was widely respected for his research in gravitational physics.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Hagihara

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

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 Hagihara 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 Hagihara 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 Hagihara was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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