Sakamoto

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 坂本 (Sakamoto).

Proper noun

Sakamoto (plural Sakamotos)

1. A surname from Japanese.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Sakamoto is the 11478^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2741 individuals. Sakamoto is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (78.26%) and Mixed Race (11.6%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Sakamoto”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Japanese

Romanization

Sakamoto

1. Rōmaji transcription of さかもと