Hanasawa Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Japan
Highest density in:
Thailand

Hanasawa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Hanasawa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191

Hanasawa Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Hanasawa Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Hanasawa is more commonly found in Japan than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Hanasawa? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 8,968,613th most widely held surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. It is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Hanasawa live; 50 percent live in East Asia and 50 percent live in Nippono-Asia.

This surname is most common in Japan, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 63,922,146. In Japan Hanasawa is primarily found in: Chiba Prefecture, where 50 percent are found and Saitama Prefecture, where 50 percent are found. Apart from Japan this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in Thailand, where 50 percent are found.

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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 Hanasawa
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