Nishioka

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 西岡 (Nishioka).

Proper noun

Nishioka (plural Nishiokas)

1. A surname from Japanese.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Nishioka is the 39164^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 562 individuals. Nishioka is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (77.76%) and Mixed Race (12.1%) individuals.

Further reading

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

Japanese

Romanization

Nishioka

1. Rōmaji transcription of にしおか