Iwashina Surname

470,273rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 714 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Japan
Highest density in:
Japan

Iwashina Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Iwashina Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Japan6931:184,4798,609
United States81:45,307,367917,113
Israel71:1,222,51968,299
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
Laos11:6,588,3231,961

Iwashina Last Name Facts

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

The surname Iwashina occurs more in Japan more than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Iwashina? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 470,273rd most widespread surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 10,206,647 people. This surname is primarily found in Asia, where 98 percent of Iwashina reside; 97 percent reside in East Asia and 97 percent reside in Nippono-Asia.

The surname is most widely held in Japan, where it is carried by 693 people, or 1 in 184,479. In Japan it is mostly concentrated in: Shizuoka Prefecture, where 68 percent are found, Kanagawa Prefecture, where 16 percent are found and Tokyo Metropolis, where 7 percent are found. Outside of Japan this surname is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent are found and Israel, where 1 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
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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 Iwashina
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