The Takahashi surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,928 people carried this name — #6,839 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 59,900 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (4,913).
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Takahashi surname
Borrowed from Japanese 高橋 (Takahashi).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Takahashi» (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 89 people named Takahashi 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
76 people named Takahashi live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 23 people named Takahashi.
Most of them — 21 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 2 départements, most often Meurthe-et-Moselle.
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
51 people named Takahashi is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
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).
In print
Takahashi in American newspapers,
1907–1921.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 6,430 pages in all carry the name.
In print
Takahashi in Australian newspapers,
1880s–1990s.
1,057 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Takahashi. The most, 629, date from the 1930s. 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 Western Australia, at 1.9 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 Takahashi.
Who carried it
People named Takahashi,
with a public archive behind them.
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Takahashi Taichirō 1814–1860 -
Takahashi Kenzō 1855–1898 · journalist -
Mitsutake Takahashi 1868–1932 · politician -
Morio Takahashi 1883–1957 · politician -
Kamekichi Takahashi 1891–1977 · economist
Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 246 lives in all are documented under this name.
In the public record
People named Takahashi,
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 States608 records
- U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 435
- U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 115
- U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 43
- New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 11
- U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
- New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 2
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Example: U.S. war memorial War record Richard M. TakahashiBorn 1931; from Hawaii. U.S. Army, light weapons infantryman; declared dead 1950 in North Korea.
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Example: U.S. registration card, 1942 Military record Noboru TakahashiBorn 1918 in Washington. Enlisted 1942 at Seattle; office clerk from King County.
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Example: U.S. burial record, 1864 Burial record Clifford Masao TakahashiU.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War. Born 1947, died 1999; buried at Maui Veterans Cemetery, Makawao, Hawaii.
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
Showing 3 of 608 records for Takahashi 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) · 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: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).
Canada20 records
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Example: Canadian cemetery Burial record Takigiro TakahashiDied 1914; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.
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Example: Canadian cemetery Burial record Tamie J. TakahashiDied 1998; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.
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Example: Canadian cemetery Burial record Bunichi Andrew TakahashiDied 1986; 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 Takahashi 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).
Australia5 records
- Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 4
- Queensland State Archives indexes 1
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Example: passenger manifest, 1903 Passenger record Yutaka TakahashiArrived in Victoria in 1918 aboard the Aki Maru, aged 24.
Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
Showing 1 of 5 records for Takahashi in Australia.
Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (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).
France4 records
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Masayoshi TakahashiBorn 1943 in Japan; died 1999 in Pantin (Seine-Saint-Denis).
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Nobuko TakahashiBorn 1929 in Japan; died 2001 in Neuilly-sur-Seine (Hauts-de-Seine).
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Sakiko TakahashiBorn 1921 in Japan; died 1992 in Switzerland.
Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
Showing 3 of 4 records for Takahashi 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).
Netherlands1 record
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Example: U.S. census, 1910 Population register Tadashi TakahashiIn the population register of 's-Gravenhage; born 1912 in Uwajima.
Open Archives, Haags Gemeentearchief (CC BY 4.0)
Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Takahashi.
- Taillefer 204 · U.S. census
- Taillon 673 · U.S. census
- Tain 166 · U.S. census
- Taing 2,350 · U.S. census
- Tait 6,271 · U.S. census
- Takacs 3,135 · U.S. census
- Talamantes 5,047 · U.S. census
- Talarczyk 164 · U.S. census
- Talarico 2,691 · U.S. census
- Talavera 7,777 · U.S. census
- Talbert 12,181 · U.S. census
- Talbot 15,562 · U.S. census
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