Nanasawa Surname

449,465th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 757 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Japan
Highest density in:
Japan

Nanasawa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nanasawa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Japan7251:176,3378,397
Thailand281:2,522,798271,580
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Swaziland11:1,298,1991,718
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Nanasawa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nanasawa is found most in Japan. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nanasawa? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 449,465th most frequently held family name internationally, held by around 1 in 9,626,877 people. The last name is primarily found in Asia, where 100 percent of Nanasawa are found; 96 percent are found in East Asia and 96 percent are found in Nippono-Asia.

It is most commonly used in Japan, where it is held by 725 people, or 1 in 176,337. In Japan it is most prevalent in: Tokyo Metropolis, where 20 percent are found, Toyama Prefecture, where 18 percent are found and Yamanashi Prefecture, where 17 percent are found. Not including Japan Nanasawa exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Thailand, where 4 percent are found and The Philippines, where 0 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 Nanasawa
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