Adachi

English

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Adachi, Tokyo

Wikipedia

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 足立(あだち) (Adachi).

Proper noun

Adachi (countable and uncountable, plural Adachis)

1. A special ward of Tokyo prefecture, Japan that is surrounded by (clockwise from north) Saitama Prefecture, Katsushika, Sumida, Arakawa, and Kita special wards.
2. A surname from Japanese.

Translations

one of special wards that forms Tokyo

Chinese: Mandarin: 足立 (Zúlì) Lithuanian: Adačis Marathi: आदाची (ādācī) Russian: Ада́ти (ru) m (Adáti)

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Adachi is the 28131^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 851 individuals. Adachi is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (75.21%) and Mixed Race (11.52%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Adachi”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 8.