Last Name TANAKA

Summary/Contribute


Meaning	Not available

Origin	Jewish, Japanese, Filipino, Guam

Rank	4,160 (2000 US census)	3,565 (1990 US census)

Count	7,887 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

7.43%, or 586 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
0.23%, or 18 total occurrences, as black,
82.9%, or 6538 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.09%, or 7 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
7.29%, or 575 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
2.07%, or 163 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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