The Ito surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,344 people carried this name — #7,644 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 68,000 people counted. That is down 2% from 4,417 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Ito surname

A surname from Japanese. The 6th most common surname in Japan.

Borrowed from Japanese 伊藤 (Itō) or Japanese 伊東 (Itō).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Ito» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 76 people named Ito live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 45
City of Buenos Aires 16
Corrientes 15

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

73 people named Ito live in Switzerland.

They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Zurich 22
Vaud 18
Basel-Stadt 11
Geneva 11
Bern 6
Ticino 5

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In Belgium’s population register

At least 30 people named Ito live in Belgium.

Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Brussels-Capital.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Brussels-Capital 24
Antwerp 6

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In the Nordic population registers

23 people named Ito is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 23

Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).

In print

Ito in American newspapers,
1921.

Newspaper page from The Cordova Daily Times carrying the name Ito
The Cordova Daily Times 1921-11-28
Newspaper page from South Bend News-times carrying the name Ito
South Bend News-times 1921-11-13
Newspaper page from The Bridgeport Times And Evening Farmer carrying the name Ito
The Bridgeport Times And Evening Farmer 1921-11-08

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,748 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Ito in Australian newspapers,
1820s–1990s.

11,694 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Ito. The most, 2,260, date from the 1910s. New South Wales has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in Victoria, at 1.3 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 3,760
Victoria 3,309
Queensland 2,211
South Australia 1,077
Tasmania 688
Western Australia 489
ACT (Canberra) 109
Northern Territory 14

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Ito.

Who carried it

People named Ito,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Yutaka Ido 1881–1919 · teacher
  • Yoshikazu Ito 1925–
  • Henry Hisao Ito 1943–1991 · economist
  • Cherel Ito 1947–1999 · photographer

Wikidata (CC0) · 15 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Ito,
in the records of 5 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States780 records

780 records of the Ito name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 586
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 123
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 33
  • Sacramento County historic burials 24
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 6
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 5
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Tsuguo Ito

    Born 1925 in Hawaiian Islands. Enlisted 1945; plumber from Hawaiian Islands. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1976, buried at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Yukinobu Ito

    Born 1931; from Hawaii. U.S. Army, heavy weapons infantry leader; killed in action 1952 in North Korea.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Michele Ito

    Arrived at New York in 1904 aboard the Princess Alice from Cherbourg, aged 32; laborer. From Italy.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 780 records for Ito in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Canada20 records

20 records of the Ito name in Canada
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 18
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 2
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Uma Ito

    Died 1897; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Ray Korchi Ito

    Buried in 1973 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  3. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Toshio Ito

    Died 1989; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.

Showing 3 of 20 records for Ito in Canada.

Counts: City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).

Australia6 records

6 records of the Ito name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 5
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 1
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Mese Ito

    Arrived in Victoria in 1914 aboard the Anchises, aged 32.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Bridget M. Ito

    Of Geelong West, Victoria; died 1949.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 2 of 6 records for Ito in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

Netherlands3 records

3 records of the Ito name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch population registers 2
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 1
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Sukeijuki Ito

    Died 1901 in 's-Gravenhage, aged 37.

    Open Archives, Haags Gemeentearchief (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 1 of 3 records for Ito in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

France2 records

2 records of the Ito name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Tchiyoto Marguerite Ito

    Born 1902 in Japan; died 1995 in Montfort-l'Amaury (Yvelines).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Francois Ito

    Born 1910 in Ossès (Pyrénées-Atlantiques); died 1996 in Agen (Lot-et-Garonne).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

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