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

Kurosawa, 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 Kurosawa surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Kurosawa in America

Kurosawa is the 90113th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Kurosawa surname appeared 205 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 Kurosawa.

We can also compare 2010 data for Kurosawa 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 Kurosawa

The surname Kurosawa originates from Japan, where it first appeared around the 15th century. It is derived from the Japanese words "kuro" meaning black and "sawa" meaning swamp or marsh, suggesting the name may have originally referred to someone living near a dark or black swamp.

Kurosawa is a relatively common surname in Japan, especially in the Kanto region around Tokyo. Some of the earliest recorded instances of the name can be found in feudal-era family registries and local records from various domains.

One notable historical reference to the Kurosawa name comes from the 16th century when a samurai warrior named Kurosawa Kiyonori served under the renowned daimyo Toyotomi Hideyoshi during the Sengoku period of civil wars.

The most famous bearer of the Kurosawa surname is undoubtedly Akira Kurosawa (1910-1998), the legendary Japanese filmmaker renowned for masterpieces such as "Seven Samurai," "Rashomon," and "Ran." Kurosawa is widely regarded as one of the greatest directors in cinema history.

Another prominent figure was Toshio Kurosawa (1926-2019), a Japanese businessman who served as the chairman and CEO of Sony Corporation from 1976 to 1994, overseeing the company's rise to global prominence in the consumer electronics industry.

In the world of sports, Hiroki Kurosawa (born 1979) is a professional baseball player who has played for the Yomiuri Giants and Orix Buffaloes in Nippon Professional Baseball.

The Kurosawa name can also be traced back to historical place names, such as the village of Kurosawa-mura in present-day Gunma Prefecture, which may have been the original location associated with the surname.

Another individual of note is Norio Kurosawa (1936-2002), a pioneering Japanese architect who designed several notable buildings, including the Tokyo International Forum and the Kyoto International Conference Center.

While the Kurosawa surname is mainly concentrated in Japan, it has also been carried by individuals of Japanese descent living abroad, reflecting the global reach and influence of this historic name.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Kurosawa

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

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

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