Ando
surname · Latin script
Meaning, in English: from the Hungarian male personal name Ando, pet-form of Andras, Hungarian form of Andreas
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ˈændoʊ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Ando is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Japan than in any other country.
- JPJapan≈1 in 1.4K(inferred from the name graph)
- PHPhilippines≈1 in 9.8K
- USUnited States1 in 295K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Japan (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 163 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 1.4K (inferred from the name graph)
≈90,000 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Japan, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
from the Hungarian male personal name Ando, pet-form of Andras, Hungarian form of Andreas
Sources 1
- Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]
Attested across 5 languages in the etymology graph.
How Ando is read(measured from records)
Ando is one spelling over 3 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.
- Japanese37%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Ando in Japanese.
- English34%
from the Hungarian male personal name Ando, pet-form of Andras, Hungarian form of Andreas
as a nameEncyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]
- Spanish11%
first-person singular present indicative of andar
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Ando counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JP Japan | #269 | ≈90,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.4K | — | Ando | 140 |
| PH Philippines | — | ≈11,000 est. | ≈1 in 9.8K | — | Ando | 54 |
| CN China | — | ≈1,900 est. | ≈1 in 726K | — | Ando | 12 |
| US United States | — | 1,126 | 1 in 295K | 1.2K | Ando | 163 |
| AO Angola | — | ≈1,000 est. | ≈1 in 31K | — | Ando | 1 |
| CI Côte d’Ivoire | — | ≈680 est. | ≈1 in 40K | 432 | — | — |
| AU Australia | — | ≈190 est. | ≈1 in 134K | — | Ando | 60 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; nomprenoms.ci — ranked Ivorian surname frequencies. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Ando is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, short form in the AND group; from Andreas
as a nameDeutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
In Portuguese, first-person singular present indicative of andar; "I walk"
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Kurdish, One who keeps their word
as a wordkurdi.sh Kurdish personal names dictionary
In Cebuano, An elephant foot yam or whitespot giant arum (Amorphophallus paeoniifolius)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Hiroshige Andōb. 1797JPJapanese ukiyo-e artist (1797–1858)
- Momofuku Andob. 1910JPTaiwanese-Japanese businessman, created instant noodle (ramyeon), Nissin Chikin Ramen
- Albert Andob. 1929JPprofessor of economics/finance (1929–2002)
- Tadao Andob. 1941JPJapanese architect (born 1941)
- Masahiro Andohb. 1954JPnot in their usual nameJapanese guitarist, composer (1954-)
- Arisa Andōb. 1957JPJapanese voice actress
- Natsu Andob. 1981JPJapanese actress
- Aika Andob. 1984JPJapanese professional wrestler
- Sakura Andōb. 1986JPJapanese actress
- Sakura Andōb. 1987JPJapanese voice actress
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 41 sources across 22 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 1.2K | #22,019 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 1.1K | #22,749 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 1.1K | #21,694 |
| CI Côte d’Ivoire | nomprenoms.ci — ranked Ivorian surname frequencies | — | 432 | #1,135 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 4
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Ando mean, and where does it come from?
- from the Hungarian male personal name Ando, pet-form of Andras, Hungarian form of Andreas Recorded by Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history].
- How do you pronounce Ando?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈændoʊ/ (IPA) for Japanese.
- In which country does Ando have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 90 thousand people named Ando in Japan, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled ando.
- How common is the name Ando?
- In the United States, the national register counted 1,126 people named Ando in 2010, about 1 in 295 thousand residents.
- How common is Ando compared with other names?
- In Japan, Ando is the 269th most common surname of 142,159 surnames recorded there.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Ando” — the 269th most common surname in Japan. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.