Sawashima Surname

535,476th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 602 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Japan
Highest density in:
Japan

Sawashima Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Sawashima 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
Japan5981:213,7869,328
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Sawashima Last Name Facts

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

Sawashima occurs most in Japan. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Sawashima click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sawashima? popularity and diffusion

The surname Sawashima is the 535,476th most widespread last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 12,105,558 people. The surname Sawashima is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Sawashima are found; 99 percent are found in East Asia and 99 percent are found in Nippono-Asia.

This last name is most commonly occurring in Japan, where it is carried by 598 people, or 1 in 213,786. In Japan Sawashima is most numerous in: Shizuoka Prefecture, where 23 percent live, Osaka Prefecture, where 11 percent live and Kyoto Prefecture, where 9 percent live. Apart from Japan this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in The Philippines, where 0 percent live and Thailand, where 0 percent live.

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
Saiwaishima90106/
Cawashima894/
Sobashima78169/
Shewasima781/
Savasimi711/
Chawasema67400/
Shewasema674/
Sowassime672/
Chavasema561/
Xaboshime561/

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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 Sawashima
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