Inouye

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Japanese 井上 (Inoue). === Proper noun === Inouye (plural Inouyes) A surname from Japanese. == Japanese == === Romanization === Inouye Rōmaji transcription of いのうえ, which was once spelled いのうゑ Inouye (cf. Yebisu, Yedo, and yen). ==== Statistics ==== According to the 2010 United States Census, Inouye is the 11821st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2647 individuals. Inouye is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (72.95%) and Multi-racial (12.54%) individuals. === Further reading === Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Inouye”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 230.