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

Tanouye, 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 Tanouye surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Tanouye in America

Tanouye is the 55619th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Tanouye surname appeared 369 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 Tanouye.

We can also compare 2010 data for Tanouye 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 Tanouye

The surname TANOUYE originates from Japan and can be traced back to the late 17th century. It is believed to have derived from a combination of the Japanese words "ta" meaning rice field and "nouye" meaning a family or household. This suggests that the name may have originated from a family or community that was involved in rice cultivation.

One of the earliest known references to the TANOUYE surname can be found in the Edo period (1603-1868) records of the Tokugawa shogunate. During this era, the TANOUYE name appeared in several documents related to land ownership and tax records in the Kyushu region of Japan.

In the late 18th century, a prominent figure named TANOUYE Masashige (1715-1788) was a samurai and military strategist who served under the Shimazu clan in Satsuma (present-day Kagoshima Prefecture). He played a crucial role in the successful defense of Satsuma against the Tokugawa shogunate during the Satsuma Rebellion of 1787-1788.

Another notable individual with the TANOUYE surname was TANOUYE Keitoku (1802-1881), a Confucian scholar and educator who established one of the first modern schools in Japan, the Kangien Juku, in Edo (present-day Tokyo) in the early 19th century.

In the late 19th century, during the Meiji period (1868-1912), a TANOUYE family from Satsuma was involved in the establishment of the Tanouye Shipyard, one of the earliest modern shipyards in Japan, located in Yokohama.

During the early 20th century, TANOUYE Yozo (1885-1963) was a prominent businessman and industrialist who played a significant role in the development of the Japanese steel industry. He served as the president of Yawata Iron and Steel Works (later renamed Nippon Steel Corporation) from 1935 to 1945.

TANOUYE Masayuki (1922-2010) was a renowned Japanese author and poet who received numerous literary awards, including the Akutagawa Prize in 1963 for his novel "Kaze no Okuribi" (The Winds of Parting).

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Tanouye

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

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

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