Nosawa Surname
Approximately 306 people bear this surname
Nosawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 290 | 1:440,842 | 13,570 |
| Brazil | 6 | 1:35,679,055 | 486,536 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
Nosawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nosawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nosawa is most common in Japan. It may occur as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nosawa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 881,213th most frequently used last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 23,815,510 people. Nosawa occurs predominantly in Asia, where 96 percent of Nosawa reside; 95 percent reside in East Asia and 95 percent reside in Nippono-Asia.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Japan, where it is borne by 290 people, or 1 in 440,842. In Japan it is most frequent in: Tokyo Metropolis, where 33 percent live, Nara Prefecture, where 15 percent live and Hokkaido Prefecture, where 12 percent live. Not including Japan Nosawa is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 2 percent live and Thailand, where 1 percent live.
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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 Nosawa
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