Nawashiro Surname

463,668th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 727 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Japan
Highest density in:
Japan

Nawashiro Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Nawashiro Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Japan7241:176,5818,405
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Nawashiro Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nawashiro is carried by more people in Japan than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nawashiro? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 463,668th most widespread family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 10,024,135 people. This surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Nawashiro reside; 100 percent reside in East Asia and 100 percent reside in Nippono-Asia.

This last name is most frequently used in Japan, where it is borne by 724 people, or 1 in 176,581. In Japan it is mostly concentrated in: Osaka Prefecture, where 28 percent reside, Ishikawa Prefecture, where 27 percent reside and Kanagawa Prefecture, where 10 percent reside. Beside Japan Nawashiro occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 0 percent reside and Brazil, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nawasira824/
Nabasiro821/
Nawachira787/
Navasero71280/
Nabasira715/
Nawasura714/
Nawazira711/
Nhawasura679/
Navachira671/
Noboshiro671/
Navachitra633/
Nabazira59101/
Navazero5921/
Nabasera591/
Navacira591/
Nabaseera5613/
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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Nawashiro
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