Osawa Surname
Approximately 125,525 people bear this surname
Osawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 123,563 | 1:1,035 | 189 |
| Brazil | 421 | 1:508,490 | 19,129 |
| Kenya | 331 | 1:139,516 | 11,313 |
| United States | 272 | 1:1,332,570 | 92,890 |
| Thailand | 189 | 1:373,748 | 65,615 |
| DR Congo | 144 | 1:513,053 | 40,658 |
| Singapore | 137 | 1:40,202 | 1,485 |
| Hong Kong | 127 | 1:57,760 | 1,031 |
| Tanzania | 71 | 1:745,657 | 41,495 |
| Nigeria | 33 | 1:5,367,962 | 136,856 |
| Philippines | 26 | 1:3,893,778 | 155,597 |
| Mexico | 24 | 1:5,171,925 | 29,601 |
| Canada | 17 | 1:2,167,388 | 133,872 |
| Spain | 17 | 1:2,750,120 | 61,567 |
| Ecuador | 16 | 1:994,115 | 14,535 |
| Guam | 16 | 1:10,008 | 1,526 |
| Australia | 15 | 1:1,799,713 | 85,184 |
| Germany | 14 | 1:5,750,390 | 205,224 |
| United Arab Emirates | 14 | 1:654,448 | 24,061 |
| France | 12 | 1:5,535,227 | 269,324 |
| Argentina | 8 | 1:5,342,927 | 168,491 |
| Malaysia | 7 | 1:4,213,461 | 150,293 |
| Netherlands | 6 | 1:2,814,529 | 101,176 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| Chile | 4 | 1:4,404,118 | 44,633 |
| Micronesia | 4 | 1:26,561 | 731 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| New Zealand | 2 | 1:2,264,162 | 49,210 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
Osawa (45) may also be a first name.
Osawa Demographics
Average Osawa Salary in
United States
$49,075 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Osawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Osawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Osawa (Marathi: ओसवाल) occurs in Japan more than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of Osawa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Osawa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Osawa is the 4,476th most prevalent surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 58,057 people. Osawa occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Osawa are found; 99 percent are found in East Asia and 98 percent are found in Nippono-Asia. Osawa is also the 1,504,468th most commonly occurring first name throughout the world. It is borne by 45 people.
The surname is most prevalent in Japan, where it is held by 123,563 people, or 1 in 1,035. In Japan it is most numerous in: Saitama Prefecture, where 19 percent are found, Tokyo Metropolis, where 16 percent are found and Kanagawa Prefecture, where 9 percent are found. Besides Japan this surname exists in 45 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 0 percent are found and Kenya, where 0 percent are found.
Osawa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those holding the Osawa surname are 11.48% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 64.71% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Osawa earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 13.73% more than the national average, earning $49,075 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.19% less than the national average, earning $45,119 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Osawa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Osawa in the Marathi language | ||
| ओसवाल | osavala | - |
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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 Osawa
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