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

Shibuya, 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 Shibuya surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Shibuya in America

Shibuya is the 44957th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Shibuya surname appeared 477 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 Shibuya.

We can also compare 2010 data for Shibuya 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 Shibuya

The surname Shibuya originates from Japan and dates back to the Heian period (794-1185 AD). It is derived from the place name "Shibuya," which was a village located in what is now the Shibuya ward of Tokyo. The name is believed to come from the ancient Japanese words "shibu," meaning "bitter," and "ya," meaning "village" or "arrow," possibly referring to a bitter-tasting spring in the area or a location where arrows were made.

One of the earliest recorded mentions of the name Shibuya can be found in the Azuma Kagami, a historical chronicle from the Kamakura period (1185-1333 AD), which details the lives of samurai and aristocrats. The Shibuya family is noted as being a minor noble clan in the service of the Minamoto clan, one of the most powerful samurai families of the time.

In the Muromachi period (1336-1573 AD), a prominent figure with the surname Shibuya was Shibuya Tomoyuki (1458-1524), a daimyo (feudal lord) who ruled over the Shibuya domain in what is now the Saitama Prefecture. He was known for his military exploits and played a significant role in the conflicts of the Sengoku period (1467-1615 AD).

During the Edo period (1603-1868 AD), the Shibuya family continued to hold influence as minor lords and retainers. One notable figure was Shibuya Gennosuke (1638-1703), a skilled swordsman and martial artist who served as a hatamoto (direct retainer of the Shogun) in the Tokugawa Shogunate.

In more recent history, Shibuya Toshiro (1906-1979) was a prominent Japanese architect known for his modernist designs, including the Tokyo Bunka Kaikan building in Ueno Park.

Another well-known individual with the surname Shibuya is Shibuya Yasujiro (1923-2001), a renowned Japanese film director and screenwriter who was a pioneer of the Japanese New Wave cinema movement in the 1960s and 1970s.

These examples showcase the long history and prominence of the Shibuya surname in Japan, spanning from its noble origins in the medieval period to its continued presence in various fields throughout the modern era.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Shibuya

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

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

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