Sakata

See also: sakata and šakata

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 坂田 (Sakata).

Proper noun

Sakata (plural Sakatas)

1. A surname from Japanese.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Sakata is the 28131^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 851 individuals. Sakata is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (77.32%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Sakata”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Japanese

Romanization

Sakata

1. Rōmaji transcription of さかた