Explore / Japanese Given name & surname
Takei Takei is a surname from Japanese.
Original Japanese 武井
At a glance
Popularity score No recent data Boys and girls Shared by boys and girls
42.9% boysBased on U.S. population records 57.1% girls
People named Takei in the U.S. Very rare Fewer than about 30 people. Estimated from birth records for children and population records for adults.
Interest on PerfectNameFinder Not yet scored Not enough visits yet to score. Every read and save counts toward it. Takei’s family of names In Greek usage, Takei as a surname is a transliteration of Τάκεϊ. In Greek usage, Takei as a surname is a transliteration of Τακέι. In English usage, Takei as a surname has a conventional equivalent in the Japanese form 武井.
Walk Takei’s family in the name graph →
Takei 武井 Τάκεϊ Τακέι The ring: spellings.
Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.
Spellings & scripts 3 The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Similar names If you love Takei, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Takemi is a masculine given name from Japanese.
46% boys · 54% girls
Takagi is a surname from Japanese.
—
Takeuchi is a surname from Japanese.
—
Takaishi is a surname from Japanese.
—
Tateishi is a surname from Japanese. It is used in Cebuano.
—
Taguchi is a surname from Japanese.
—
Tanabe is a surname from Japanese.
—
Takamori is a surname from Japanese. It is used in English and Tagalog.
—
Sibling ideas Names that share Takei’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.
About this profile. Meanings and origins are drawn from historical dictionaries and reference works, including Wiktionary; where interpretations differ, we say so. Popularity comes from U.S. Social Security birth records, 1880–2025. Famous namesakes come from Wikidata. Related names are linked through documented relationships; likely links are labeled as such.