Nishikawa

Nishikawa

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 西川 (Nishikawa).

Proper noun

Nishikawa (plural Nishikawas)

1. A surname from Japanese.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Nishikawa is the 25902^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 949 individuals. Nishikawa is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (79.24%) and Mixed Race (10.85%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Nishikawa”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 671.

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Japanese

Romanization

Nishikawa

1. Rōmaji transcription of にしかわ

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Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Hepburn romaji of Japanese 西川 (Nishikawa).

Proper noun

Nishikawa

1. a surname from Japanese