Kobayashi
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese 小林 (Kobayashi).
Proper noun
Kobayashi (plural Kobayashis)
- A surname from Japanese.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Kobayashi is the 8,568th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3,845 people. Kobayashi is most common among East Asian/Pacific Islander (81.01%) people.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Kobayashi”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 326.
Japanese
Romanization
Kobayashi
- Rōmaji transcription of こばやし
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese 小林 (Kobayashi).
Proper noun
Kobayashi m or f by sense
- a surname from Japanese