Honsawa Surname

167,266th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,586 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Japan
Highest density in:
Japan

Honsawa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Honsawa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Japan2,5811:49,5333,995
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945

Honsawa Last Name Facts

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

Honsawa is found in Japan more than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Honsawa? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 167,266th most commonly used family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 2,818,077 people. This last name is primarily found in Asia, where 100 percent of Honsawa live; 100 percent live in East Asia and 100 percent live in Nippono-Asia.

The last name Honsawa is most frequently held in Japan, where it is carried by 2,581 people, or 1 in 49,533. In Japan Honsawa is most common in: Saitama Prefecture, where 20 percent are found, Tokyo Metropolis, where 17 percent are found and Tochigi Prefecture, where 16 percent are found. Outside of Japan this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in Thailand, where 0 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 Honsawa
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