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
Osawa Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Osawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Osawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Osawa (Marathi: ओसवाल) is held by more people in Japan than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Osawa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 4,476th most commonly held surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 58,057 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Osawa live; 99 percent live in East Asia and 98 percent live in Nippono-Asia. Osawa is also the 1,504,468th most commonly occurring first name globally, held by 45 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Japan, where it is borne by 123,563 people, or 1 in 1,035. In Japan Osawa is primarily concentrated in: Saitama Prefecture, where 19 percent live, Tokyo Metropolis, where 16 percent live and Kanagawa Prefecture, where 9 percent live. Besides Japan this last name exists in 45 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 0 percent live and Kenya, where 0 percent live.
Osawa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Osawa last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Osawa last name are 11.48% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 64.71% being registered to vote for the 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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