The Yoshida surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,113 people carried this name — #8,046 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 71,900 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (4,097).
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Yoshida surname
Borrowed from Japanese 吉田 (Yoshida).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Yoshida» (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 101 people named Yoshida 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
34 people named Yoshida 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 Yoshida.
Most of them — 21 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 1 département, most often Côte-d’Or.
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 print
Yoshida in American newspapers,
1909–1935.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 4,849 pages in all carry the name.
In print
Yoshida in Australian newspapers,
1890s–1990s.
4,680 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Yoshida. The most, 3,330, date from the 1950s. 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 Tasmania, 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 Yoshida.
Who carried it
People named Yoshida,
with a public archive behind them.
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Yoshida Sadafusa 1274–1338 -
Tsunenori Yoshida 1844–1880 -
Kametarō Yoshida 1858–1931 · pastor -
Tōgo Yoshida 1864–1918 · historian -
Masujiro Yoshida 1867–1942 · military personnel
Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 255 lives in all are documented under this name.
In the public record
People named Yoshida,
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 States542 records
- U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 366
- U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 108
- U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 42
- Sacramento County historic burials 14
- New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 6
- New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 4
- 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. war memorial War record Kanji YoshidaBorn 1925; from Hawaii. U.S. Army, light weapons infantryman; declared dead 1951 in South Korea. Buried at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii.
U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) -
Example: U.S. registration card, 1942 Military record Tate S. YoshidaBorn 1916 in New York. Enlisted 1942 at Chicago, Illinois; photographer. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1999, buried at Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery, Illinois.
U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) -
Example: U.S. burial record, 1864 Burial record Bruce Y. YoshidaU.S. Army veteran of the Korean War. Born 1930, died 1983; buried at Los Angeles National Cemetery, California.
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
Showing 3 of 542 records for Yoshida 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, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). 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).
Canada32 records
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Example: Canadian cemetery Burial record Kanichiro YoshidaDied 1984; 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 Yoshiye YoshidaDied 1998; 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 Yoshiharu YoshidaDied 2001; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.
City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.
Showing 3 of 32 records for Yoshida 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).
France3 records
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Eric Takayasu YoshidaBorn 1966 in Japan; died 1996 in Japan.
Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte) -
Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Rene YoshidaBorn 1919 in Seurre; died 1999 in Beaune (Côte-d'Or).
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Yan YoshidaBorn 1964 in Italy; died 1990 in Paris.
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 Yoshida.
- Yoder 56,410 · U.S. census
- Yon 2,969 · U.S. census
- Yong 3,123 · U.S. census
- Yoo 13,225 · U.S. census
- Yoon 15,936 · U.S. census
- York 53,059 · U.S. census
- Yost 19,210 · U.S. census
- You 5,234 · U.S. census
- Youmans 5,092 · U.S. census
- Younes 1,324 · U.S. census
- Young 484,447 · U.S. census
- Youngblood 18,197 · U.S. census
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