Inouye

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 井上 (Inoue).

Proper noun

Inouye (plural Inouyes)

1. A surname from Japanese.

Japanese

Romanization

Inouye

1. Rōmaji transcription of いのうえ, which was once spelled いのうゑ Inouye (c.f. Yebisu, Yedo, and yen).

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Inouye is the 11821^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2647 individuals. Inouye is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (72.95%) and Multi-racial (12.54%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Inouye”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 230.