Nagao

See also: nagao

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 長尾 (Nagao, “long tail”).

Proper noun

Nagao (plural Nagaos)

1. A surname from Japanese.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Nagao is the 40432^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 541 individuals. Nagao is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (79.67%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Nagao”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 645.