Imazawa Surname

281,264th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,372 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Japan
Highest density in:
Japan

Imazawa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Imazawa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Japan1,3411:95,3355,896
Brazil191:11,267,070228,483
Australia61:4,499,284146,780
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Germany11:80,505,459560,955

Imazawa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Imazawa occurs more in Japan more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Imazawa.

How Common Is The Last Name Imazawa? popularity and diffusion

The last name Imazawa is the 281,264th most numerous last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 5,311,622 people. This last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 98 percent of Imazawa reside; 98 percent reside in East Asia and 98 percent reside in Nippono-Asia.

The last name is most commonly used in Japan, where it is carried by 1,341 people, or 1 in 95,335. In Japan Imazawa is most frequent in: Yamanashi Prefecture, where 18 percent are found, Tokyo Metropolis, where 14 percent are found and Osaka Prefecture, where 12 percent are found. Without taking into account Japan this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 1 percent are found and Australia, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Himazawa931/
Imasawa86814/
Imazava8611/
Jimasawa801/
Imazabaj801/
Umezawa7112,962/
Imazova7112/
Imasaba7110/
Imosawa716/
Imasava714/
Umasawa711/
Imazabe711/
Gimazova67743/
Ismazova67120/
Aimacava679/
Emachawa676/
Himesawa675/
Yimasowa674/
Ymazaeva673/
Umeizawa671/
Himozowa671/

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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
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  • 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 Imazawa
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