The Suzuki surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,274 people carried this name — #6,438 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 55,900 people counted. That is up 1% from 5,233 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Suzuki surname
The second most common Japanese surname from Japanese.
Borrowed from Japanese Suzuki (Suzuki), from Japanese すずき (Suzuki, “surname”) or Japanese スズキ (Suzuki, “automaker”); from Japanese 鈴木 (Suzuki) (automaker from the surname).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Suzuki» (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 94 people named Suzuki 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
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
78 people named Suzuki live in Switzerland.
They live in 8 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 Belgium’s population register
At least 28 people named Suzuki 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
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 21 people named Suzuki.
Most of them — 20 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 1 département, most often Paris.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In the Nordic population registers
84 people named Suzuki are counted in Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
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) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Suzuki in American newspapers,
1916–1925.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 157 pages in all carry the name.
In print
Suzuki in Australian newspapers,
1880s–1990s.
1,773 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Suzuki. The most, 590, date from the 1920s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in the Australian Capital Territory, at 2.1 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 Suzuki.
Who carried it
People named Suzuki,
with a public archive behind them.
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Suzuki Mikisaburo 1837–1919 -
Daisuke Suzuki 1842–1907 · politician -
Suzuki Sadanao 1853–1914 · politician -
Mitsuyoshi Suzuki 1854–1930 · lawyer -
Saburōsuke Suzuki 1868–1931 · businessperson
Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 234 lives in all are documented under this name.
In the public record
People named Suzuki,
in the records of 4 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 States596 records
- U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 423
- U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 96
- U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 53
- New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 18
- Sacramento County historic burials 3
- U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
- New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 1
- U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
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Example: U.S. registration card, 1942 Military record Kaoru SuzukiBorn 1918. Enlisted 1941; laboratory technician from Hawaii. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 2001, 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 Herbert H. SuzukiBorn 1932; from Hawaii. U.S. Army, light weapons infantryman; killed in action 1950 in South Korea.
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Example: U.S. burial record, 1864 Burial record Masakichi SuzukiU.S. Army veteran of World War I. Born 1888, died 1960; buried at Kauai Veterans Cemetery, Hanapepe, Hawaii.
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
Showing 3 of 596 records for Suzuki 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) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index. 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).
Canada37 records
- Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 35
- City of Calgary cemetery records 1
- Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 1
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Example: Canadian cemetery Burial record Nami SuzukiDied 1940; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.
City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. -
Example: civil register, 1880 Death record Sashichi SuzukiDied 1958 in New Glasgow, Pictou, Nova Scotia.
Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. -
Example: Canadian cemetery Burial record Miyo SuzukiBuried in 1907 at Union Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta.
City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
Showing 3 of 37 records for Suzuki 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. · Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).
Australia10 records
- Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 8
- Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 1
- State Library of Western Australia indexes 1
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Example: probate petition, 1848 Probate record Eikichi SuzukiResearch scientist of Balwyn N, Victoria; died 1985.
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Example: passenger manifest, 1903 Passenger record Sadaji SuzukiArrived in Victoria in 1912 aboard the Kumano Maru, aged 28.
Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) -
Example: civil register, 1880 Biographical index Shinichi SuzukiBorn 1898, died 1998; obituary published in Western Australia.
State Library of Western Australia (CC BY 4.0)
Showing 3 of 10 records for Suzuki in Australia.
Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · State Library of Western Australia (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).
France6 records
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Shingo SuzukiBorn 1926 in Japan; died 1998 in Paris.
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Yasuko SuzukiBorn 1952 in Japan; died 2001 in Fort-de-France (Martinique).
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Kenzo SuzukiBorn 1972 in Japan; died 2001 in Chamonix-Mont-Blanc (Haute-Savoie).
Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
Showing 3 of 6 records for Suzuki in France.
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 Suzuki.
- Sutphin 4,188 · U.S. census
- Sutter 9,760 · U.S. census
- Sutterlin 287 · U.S. census
- Suttles 4,821 · U.S. census
- Sutton 90,964 · U.S. census
- Suzan 102 · U.S. census
- Svoboda 5,686 · U.S. census
- Swafford 9,369 · U.S. census
- Swaim 5,310 · U.S. census
- Swain 25,157 · U.S. census
- Swan 23,001 · U.S. census
- Swaney 4,468 · U.S. census
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