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

Tashiro, 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 Tashiro surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Tashiro in America

Tashiro is the 40494th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Tashiro surname appeared 540 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 Tashiro.

We can also compare 2010 data for Tashiro 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 Tashiro

The surname Tashiro is of Japanese origin and dates back to the Edo period (1603-1868) in Japan. It is believed to have originated from the village of Tashiro, located in the Kumamoto Prefecture on the island of Kyushu. The name Tashiro is derived from the Japanese words "ta" meaning rice field and "shiro" meaning castle or manor, suggesting the name may have referred to a feudal estate with rice fields.

One of the earliest known references to the Tashiro name can be found in the Kumamoto-Han records, which documented the noble families and samurai clans of the region during the Edo period. These records mention several Tashiro families who held positions of influence and served as retainers to the Hosokawa clan, the daimyo (feudal lords) of Kumamoto.

The earliest recorded bearer of the Tashiro name is Tashiro Kiyonobu, who lived in the late 16th century and was a high-ranking samurai serving under the Hosokawa clan. His son, Tashiro Tadamasa, was also a prominent samurai and is mentioned in various historical accounts of the time.

Another notable figure with the Tashiro surname was Tashiro Tsunanori (1721-1786), a renowned scholar and poet during the mid-Edo period. He was a master of waka poetry and served as a tutor to the sons of various daimyo families.

In the Meiji era (1868-1912), the Tashiro family produced several influential figures, including Tashiro Katsunori (1854-1923), who was a politician and served as the Governor of Kumamoto Prefecture in the early 20th century.

During the same period, Tashiro Masayoshi (1868-1937) was a prominent educator and founder of several schools in Kumamoto. He played a significant role in promoting education and modernizing the region's educational system.

In more recent times, the name Tashiro has been associated with several notable individuals, such as Tashiro Akira (1936-2012), a renowned architect who designed many iconic buildings in Japan, and Tashiro Mifune (1920-1997), a celebrated actor who starred in numerous classic Japanese films, including many directed by Akira Kurosawa.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Tashiro

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

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

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