Katsura

See also: katsura

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 桂 (Katsura) or かつら (Katsura).

Proper noun

Katsura (plural Katsuras)

1. A unisex given name from Japanese
2. A surname from Japanese.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Katsura is the 11,8185^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 147 individuals. Katsura is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (75.51%) and White (14.29%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Katsura”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 283.

Japanese

Romanization

Katsura

1. Rōmaji transcription of かつら