Gasawa Surname
Approximately 149 people bear this surname
Gasawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 117 | 1:1,092,686 | 20,942 |
| Uganda | 20 | 1:1,951,964 | 63,898 |
| Papua New Guinea | 9 | 1:905,969 | 94,851 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Gasawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gasawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gasawa is held by more people in Japan than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gasawa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,441,361st most widespread family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 48,909,704 people. The surname is primarily found in Asia, where 79 percent of Gasawa reside; 79 percent reside in East Asia and 79 percent reside in Nippono-Asia.
This surname is most commonly held in Japan, where it is borne by 117 people, or 1 in 1,092,686. In Japan Gasawa is mostly found in: Fukushima Prefecture, where 48 percent live, Kanagawa Prefecture, where 43 percent live and Saitama Prefecture, where 3 percent live. Besides Japan it is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 13 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 6 percent live.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Gasawa
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