Kirisawa Surname

254,216th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,554 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Japan
Highest density in:
Japan

Kirisawa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kirisawa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Japan1,5171:84,2745,515
Brazil321:6,689,823158,565
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861

Kirisawa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kirisawa is found most in Japan. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kirisawa? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 254,216th most frequently held surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 4,689,540 people. The last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 98 percent of Kirisawa live; 98 percent live in East Asia and 98 percent live in Nippono-Asia.

It is most commonly held in Japan, where it is carried by 1,517 people, or 1 in 84,274. In Japan Kirisawa is most prevalent in: Hokkaido Prefecture, where 17 percent reside, Kanagawa Prefecture, where 16 percent reside and Tokyo Metropolis, where 13 percent reside. Barring Japan this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 2 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kurisawa881,150/
Kirizawa8834/
Kirisaba881/
Kiricawa881/
Kirisova7558/
Qerisawa756/
Kuresawa753/
Keresawa751/
Kirisheva71263/
Kiritsova7161/
Kirishova7117/
Khirichaiwat7056/
Kirischeva674/

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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 Kirisawa
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