Last Name NAKASHIMA

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Meaning Not available
Origin Japanese

Rank 15,937 (2000 US census) 16,053 (1990 US census)
Count 1,675 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 7.22%, or 121 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • undisclosed % as black,
  • 80.96%, or 1356 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • undisclosed % as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 7.7%, or 129 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 3.82%, or 64 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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