Hiratsuka

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 平塚ひらつか (Hiratsuka).

Proper noun

Hiratsuka (plural Hiratsukas)

1. A city in Kanagawa Prefecture, on the island of Honshu, Japan.
2. A surname from Japanese.

Translations

city

• Japanese: 平塚ひらつか市し (Hiratsuka-shi)
• Marathi: हिरात्सुका (hirātsukā)

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Hiratsuka is the 140157^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 119 individuals. Hiratsuka is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (49.58%), American Indian/Alaska Native (23.53%) and Mixed Race (17.65%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Hiratsuka”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 182.

Japanese

Romanization

Hiratsuka

1. Rōmaji transcription of ひらつか