Fujikawa

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 藤川 (Fujikawa).

Proper noun

Fujikawa (plural Fujikawas)

1. A surname from Japanese.
   • 1953, Staff writer(s), Scene: The International East-West Magazine, Volumes 5-6, Scene Magazine Incorporated, page 10:

     To another member of the cast, Salinas-born Jerry Fujikawa, a veteran of the 442nd RCT and a member of the Hollywood Screen Actors Guild (he spoke the only Japanese dialog in "Go For Broke!"), the play is a means of showing Americans the feelings and ways of thinking of Orientals.

   • 2019, Jessica Rusick, Kate Hudson: Fashionable Fitness Co-Founder, ABDO, page 26:

     On October 2, Hudson and her boyfriend, Danny Fujikawa, welcomed a daughter named Rani.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Fujikawa is the 37899^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 586 individuals. Fujikawa is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (77.65%) and Mixed Race (11.77%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Fujikawa”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 610.

Japanese

Romanization

Fujikawa

1. Rōmaji transcription of ふじかわ

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Hepburn romaji of Japanese 藤川 (Fujikawa).

Proper noun

Fujikawa (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜇ᜔ᜌᜒᜃᜏ)

1. a surname from Japanese