Iwasawa Surname

23,357th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 23,205 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Japan
Highest density in:
Japan

Iwasawa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Iwasawa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Japan23,0921:5,536875
United States331:10,983,604436,696
Thailand191:3,717,808320,775
Brazil141:15,291,024280,658
Belgium121:958,05473,966
Canada71:5,263,656239,735
Taiwan71:3,349,24920,155
Costa Rica31:1,593,3568,177
Mexico31:41,375,40271,397
Chile21:8,808,23765,417
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
England11:55,718,059489,080

Iwasawa Last Name Facts

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

Iwasawa is more frequently found in Japan than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Iwasawa.

How Common Is The Last Name Iwasawa? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 23,357th most common surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 314,051 people. Iwasawa is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Iwasawa are found; 100 percent are found in East Asia and 100 percent are found in Nippono-Asia.

The last name Iwasawa is most common in Japan, where it is carried by 23,092 people, or 1 in 5,536. In Japan it is most frequent in: Kanagawa Prefecture, where 26 percent are found, Chiba Prefecture, where 19 percent are found and Tokyo Metropolis, where 12 percent are found. Other than Japan this surname occurs in 21 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 0 percent are found and Thailand, where 0 percent are found.

Iwasawa Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Iwasawa surname are 16% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 69.23% registered to vote for the political party.

Iwasawa earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 41.05% more than the national average, earning $60,862 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Iwaisawa931/
Iwazawa8643/
Ibasawa861/
Yiwashaba751/
Iwajowa7117/
Ywazawa716/
Ivazawa714/
Ivasava713/
Iwosawo711/
Ewazawa711/
Ivasavad67104/
Ivasavas677/
Ivasavay676/
Iwachowa672/

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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 Iwasawa
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