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

Kondo, 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 Kondo surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Kondo in America

Kondo is the 12238th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Kondo surname appeared 2,542 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 people would have the surname Kondo.

We can also compare 2010 data for Kondo 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 Kondo

The surname Kondo is of Japanese origin and can be traced back to the 8th century. It is believed to have originated from the Japanese word "Kon," which means "root" or "origin," and the word "do," which means "wisteria," a type of flowering plant. The name could have been given to families or individuals who lived near or were associated with wisteria plants.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the Kondo surname can be found in the Shoku Nihongi, an early Japanese chronicle completed in 797 CE. The text mentions a person named Kondo no Sukemaro, who held a high-ranking position in the imperial court during the Nara period (710-794 CE).

In the Kamakura period (1185-1333 CE), there were several notable figures with the Kondo surname. One of them was Kondo Moronao, a samurai warrior who served under the famous shogun Minamoto no Yoritomo. Kondo Moronao was born in 1160 and died in 1223.

During the Muromachi period (1336-1573 CE), the Kondo family was associated with the Ashikaga shogunate. One prominent member was Kondo Nobutada, a military commander who played a crucial role in the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600. Kondo Nobutada was born in 1565 and died in 1633.

In the Edo period (1603-1868 CE), the Kondo surname was found in various parts of Japan, including the Kanto region and the Chugoku region. One notable figure from this period was Kondo Isami, a Confucian scholar and educator who lived in Edo (present-day Tokyo) from 1750 to 1819.

In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the Kondo surname gained prominence in the field of martial arts. Kondo Katsusaburo was a renowned judo instructor who helped popularize the sport in the late 1800s. He was born in 1846 and died in 1924.

Another significant figure with the Kondo surname was Kondo Masahiro, a Japanese businessman who co-founded the Kondo Machine Works in 1935. The company later became known as Kondo Kogyo Co., Ltd., and played a crucial role in Japan's industrial development after World War II. Kondo Masahiro was born in 1895 and died in 1963.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Kondo

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

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

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