as a Last Name
- 554
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Onishi
Meaning & Origins
Japanese (Ōnishi): ‘great west’; a habitational name taken from a village in Awa (now Tokushima prefecture) by members of the Ogasawara family, who were of Minamoto descent. The name is also found on Okinawa Island.
| 42,776th in the U.S. for 2011 |
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Quick facts
- Hundreds
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 554
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Hawaii
- has the most people named Onishi per capita
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