Kobayashi

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 小林 (Kobayashi).

Proper noun

Kobayashi (plural Kobayashis)

1. A surname from Japanese.

Derived terms

• Kobayashi Maru

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Kobayashi is the 8,568^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3,845 people. Kobayashi is most common among East Asian/Pacific Islander (81.01%) people.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Kobayashi”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 326.

Japanese

Romanization

Kobayashi

1. Rōmaji transcription of こばやし

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 小林 (Kobayashi).

Proper noun

Kobayashi m or f by sense

1. a surname from Japanese