Horisawa Surname

191,340th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,203 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Japan
Highest density in:
Japan

Horisawa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Horisawa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Japan2,1771:58,7254,443
Brazil211:10,194,016213,214
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Horisawa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Horisawa is more frequently found in Japan than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Horisawa? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 191,340th most commonly occurring surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 3,308,010 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Horisawa live; 99 percent live in East Asia and 99 percent live in Nippono-Asia.

It is most commonly used in Japan, where it is carried by 2,177 people, or 1 in 58,725. In Japan Horisawa is most frequent in: Tokyo Metropolis, where 21 percent are found, Niigata Prefecture, where 20 percent are found and Saitama Prefecture, where 11 percent are found. Barring Japan Horisawa is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 1 percent are found and The United States, 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 Horisawa
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