The Kimura surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,059 people carried this name — #8,164 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 72,500 people counted. That is up 9% from 3,735 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Kimura surname
Borrowed from Japanese 木村 (Kimura).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Kimura» (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 28 people named Kimura 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 City of Buenos Aires.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
20 people named Kimura live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 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
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 print
Kimura in American newspapers,
1912–1957.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 4,821 pages in all carry the name.
In print
Kimura in Australian newspapers,
1890s–1990s.
665 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Kimura. The most, 230, date from the 1920s. Queensland 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 Western Australia, at 1.8 times its expected share.
Articles, by state
Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Kimura.
Who carried it
People named Kimura,
with a public archive behind them.
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Sébastien Kimura 1565–1622 · Catholic priest -
Kaishū Kimura 1830–1901 · military personnel -
Shōhei Kimura 1841–1906 · politician -
Kumaji Kimura 1845–1927 · teacher -
Kimura Seitarō 1847–1919 · politician
Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 219 lives in all are documented under this name.
In the public record
People named Kimura,
in the records of 3 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 States702 records
- U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 528
- U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 106
- U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 48
- Sacramento County historic burials 15
- New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 3
- U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
- U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
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Example: U.S. registration card, 1942 Military record Charles H. KimuraBorn 1915 in Hawaii. Enlisted 1944; manager from Hawaii. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1999, 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) -
Example: U.S. war memorial War record Kay Kazu KimuraBorn 1943; from Nampa, Idaho. U.S. Marine Corps, pilot ch-46 qualified; died in an accident 1970 in Thua Thien, South Vietnam.
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Example: U.S. burial record, 1864 Burial record Toramatsu KimuraU.S. Army veteran of World War I. Born 1890, died 1956; buried at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii.
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
Showing 3 of 702 records for Kimura 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) · 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); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).
Canada10 records
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Example: Canadian cemetery Burial record Fumio KimuraDied 1917; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.
City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. -
Example: Canadian cemetery Burial record Shigeo KimuraDied 1925; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.
City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. -
Example: Canadian cemetery Burial record Setsufumi KimuraDied 1940; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.
City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.
Showing 3 of 10 records for Kimura in Canada.
Counts: City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).
France2 records
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Masanori KimuraBorn 1958 in Japan; died 1996 in Paris.
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Junzo KimuraBorn 1922 in Japan; died 1999 in Ajaccio (Corse-du-Sud).
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).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Kimura.
- Kimble 18,040 · U.S. census
- Kimbrell 6,016 · U.S. census
- Kimbrough 12,034 · U.S. census
- Kimmel 10,528 · U.S. census
- Kimmerle 432 · U.S. census
- Kimmich 396 · U.S. census
- Kin 1,739 · U.S. census
- Kinard 7,035 · U.S. census
- Kincaid 18,075 · U.S. census
- Kind 1,574 · U.S. census
- Kindel 1,872 · U.S. census
- Kindelberger 205 · U.S. census
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