Miyashiro

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 宮城 (Miyashiro).

Proper noun

Miyashiro (plural Miyashiros)

1. A surname from Japanese.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Miyashiro is the 17005^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1671 individuals. Miyashiro is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (78.4%) and Multi-racial (12.51%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Miyashiro”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 601.

Japanese

Romanization

Miyashiro

1. Rōmaji transcription of みやしろ