Murasawa Surname

80,765th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,025 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Japan
Highest density in:
Japan

Murasawa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Murasawa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Japan5,9151:21,6142,376
Brazil551:3,892,261106,836
Peru441:722,36616,614
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
England11:55,718,059489,080
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Murasawa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Murasawa is found most frequently in Japan. It can also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Murasawa? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 80,765th most widespread surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 1,209,551 people. The last name Murasawa occurs mostly in Asia, where 98 percent of Murasawa reside; 98 percent reside in East Asia and 98 percent reside in Nippono-Asia.

It is most frequently occurring in Japan, where it is held by 5,915 people, or 1 in 21,614. In Japan Murasawa is most common in: Nagano Prefecture, where 18 percent are found, Tokyo Metropolis, where 14 percent are found and Kanagawa Prefecture, where 10 percent are found. Without taking into account Japan this surname is found in 8 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 1 percent are found and Peru, where 1 percent are found.

Murasawa Last Name Statistics demography

Murasawa earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 35.21% less than the national average, earning $27,958 USD per year.

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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 Murasawa
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