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

Tasaka, 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 Tasaka surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Tasaka in America

Tasaka is the 84136th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Tasaka surname appeared 223 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 Tasaka.

We can also compare 2010 data for Tasaka 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 Tasaka

The surname TASAKA is believed to have originated in Japan, with the earliest records dating back to the late 16th century. The name is thought to be derived from the Japanese words "ta," meaning rice field, and "saka," meaning slope or hill, suggesting that the name may have been associated with people living or working on sloped rice fields.

One of the earliest mentions of the TASAKA name can be found in the Tokugawa Bakufu records from the early 17th century, where a family with this surname was listed as residing in the Chiba Prefecture, near present-day Tokyo. During the Edo period (1603-1868), the TASAKA family was known for their involvement in agriculture and land management.

In the late 18th century, a prominent figure named Tasaka Nobuyuki (1736-1804) was a respected scholar and advisor to the Tokugawa shogunate. He authored several influential works on Confucian philosophy and ethics, which were widely studied in Japan during that time.

Another notable individual with the TASAKA surname was Tasaka Tōru (1891-1972), a Japanese politician and diplomat who served as the Foreign Minister of Japan from 1936 to 1937. He played a significant role in shaping Japan's foreign policy during the turbulent period leading up to World War II.

In the late 19th century, a village called Tasaka-mura existed in the Iwate Prefecture of northern Japan. It's possible that this place name may have influenced the spelling and pronunciation of the surname in that region.

The TASAKA name has also been recorded in various historical documents and genealogical records throughout Japan's history, although the exact origins and meanings of some variations of the spelling are still unclear to scholars.

Other noteworthy individuals with the TASAKA surname include Tasaka Hiroshi (1914-1992), a Japanese businessman and entrepreneur who founded the successful Tasaka Corporation, and Tasaka Keiko (born 1935), a renowned Japanese novelist known for her works exploring themes of family, identity, and cultural traditions.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Tasaka

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

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

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