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

Hayashida, 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 Hayashida surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Hayashida in America

Hayashida is the 34110th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Hayashida surname appeared 666 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 Hayashida.

We can also compare 2010 data for Hayashida 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 Hayashida

The surname HAYASHIDA originates from Japan. It is a locational surname, derived from the name of a place in Japan where the earliest bearers of the name lived or came from. The name likely dates back to the Kamakura period (1185–1333 CE) or earlier.

HAYASHIDA is composed of two Japanese words - "hayashi" meaning forest or woods, and "da" meaning rice paddy or field. Together, the name suggests the bearers were from a place near a forested area with rice fields or paddies. Similar spellings in old records include Hayashita and Hayashida.

One of the earliest known references to the name HAYASHIDA appears in the Taiheiki, a historical narrative from the late 14th century. It mentions a samurai named Hayashida Nobutaka who fought in the Nanboku-chō Wars (1336–1392 CE). Another early bearer was Hayashida Naomori (1516–1599), a prominent daimyō (feudal lord) during the Sengoku period.

In the Edo period (1603–1867 CE), the HAYASHIDA name was associated with various domains and han (feudal domains). For example, the Hayashida clan were daimyō of Yonezawa Domain in present-day Yamagata Prefecture. Hayashida Naoshige (1594–1667) was the first daimyō of Yonezawa.

During the Meiji Restoration (1868), the HAYASHIDA surname gained prominence through figures like Hayashida Kiyonao (1832–1902), a government official and member of the House of Peers. Another notable bearer was Hayashida Shōzō (1868–1945), a journalist and political activist.

Other historical figures with the HAYASHIDA surname include the writer Hayashida Tomiharu (1870–1963), the painter Hayashida Tatsusaburō (1888–1968), and the politician Hayashida Koremitsu (1891–1976).

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Hayashida

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

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

If you have a correction or suggestion to improve the history of Hayashida, please contact us.

Reference this page

We spend a lot of resources downloading, cleaning, merging, and formatting the data that is shown on the site.

If you found the data or information on this page useful in your research, please use the tool below to properly cite or reference Name Census as the source. We appreciate your support!