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

Kobashigawa, 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 Kobashigawa surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Kobashigawa in America

Kobashigawa is the 51830th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Kobashigawa surname appeared 401 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 Kobashigawa.

We can also compare 2010 data for Kobashigawa 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 Kobashigawa

The surname KOBASHIGAWA has its origins in Japan, where it first appeared during the Muromachi period (1336-1573). It is thought to be derived from the Japanese words "ko" meaning "small" or "little", "bashi" meaning "bridge", and "gawa" meaning "river". This suggests the name may have originated from a geographic location near a small bridge over a river.

One of the earliest known references to the name KOBASHIGAWA comes from a set of tax records from the Kozuke Province (now part of Gunma Prefecture) in the mid-15th century. These records mention a family with this surname living in a village along the Tonegawa River.

The name KOBASHIGAWA can also be found in several historical documents from the Edo period (1603-1868), including land ownership records and religious texts. One notable example is a Buddhist scroll from the early 18th century that contains the name of a KOBASHIGAWA monk.

During the Meiji era (1868-1912), the KOBASHIGAWA surname began to spread more widely across Japan as people migrated to urban areas. One prominent individual with this name was Kobashigawa Taisuke (1853-1924), a businessman and philanthropist from Okayama Prefecture who helped establish several schools and hospitals in his region.

Other notable KOBASHIGAWA individuals throughout history include Kobashigawa Yukio (1892-1976), a poet and literary critic from Osaka; Kobashigawa Hanako (1918-2003), a pioneering female engineer from Tokyo; Kobashigawa Masahiro (1932-2011), a renowned architect whose works can be found across Japan; and Kobashigawa Tomiko (1958-present), a renowned dancer and choreographer who has performed internationally.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Kobashigawa

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

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

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