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Taira in the US

  1. #35,772 Shaddox
  2. #35,773 Shimmel
  3. #35,774 Sotak
  4. #35,775 Strupp
  5. #35,776 Taira
  6. #35,777 Wedin
  7. #35,778 Yielding
  8. #35,779 Zike
  9. #35,780 Ackert
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Meaning & Origins

Japanese: ‘peace’. Together with the Fujiwara and Minamoto, this is one of the most prominent clans in Japanese history. It is listed in the Shinsen shōjiroku. The name appears to have been taken from Taira no Miyako (‘Capital of Peace’), an ancient name for the city of Kyōto, and was created in 825 by the ex-Emperor Kanmu when his son Takamune (804–867) became a commoner. Later emperors bestowed the name on some of their children, so the various branches of the clan were distinguished by the names of their parentemperors. The Taira are also commonly called Heike or Heishi, from the Sino-Japanese pronunciation of taira plus the words for family or clan
35,776th in the U.S. for 2011

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Hundreds
of people in the U.S have this name
690
to be exact (as of February 2011)
Hawaii
has the most people named Taira per capita

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U.S. Distribution Map

Taira is most likely to live in Hawaii, California, Illinois, Nevada, and Arizona

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