Iwashi Surname
Approximately 119 people bear this surname
Iwashi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 118 | 1:1,083,426 | 20,860 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Iwashi (250) may also be a first name.
Iwashi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Iwashi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Iwashi is most common in Japan. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Iwashi? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,666,404th most commonly held family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 61,239,882 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Iwashi are found; 99 percent are found in East Asia and 99 percent are found in Nippono-Asia. Iwashi is also the 563,826th most frequently used first name worldwide. It is borne by 250 people.
The last name Iwashi is most frequently used in Japan, where it is held by 118 people, or 1 in 1,083,426. In Japan Iwashi is primarily concentrated in: Ehime Prefecture, where 92 percent reside, Osaka Prefecture, where 3 percent reside and Okayama Prefecture, where 1 percent reside. Aside from Japan Iwashi is found in one country. It is also found in Brazil, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Iwashi
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