Sazawa Surname
Approximately 740 people bear this surname
Sazawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 738 | 1:173,231 | 8,310 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Sazawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sazawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sazawa is found in Japan more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Sazawa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sazawa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 457,199th most frequently used surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 9,848,035 people. The last name Sazawa occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Sazawa live; 100 percent live in East Asia and 100 percent live in Nippono-Asia.
Sazawa is most frequently used in Japan, where it is borne by 738 people, or 1 in 173,231. In Japan it is primarily concentrated in: Akita Prefecture, where 30 percent reside, Hokkaido Prefecture, where 16 percent reside and Miyazaki Prefecture, where 13 percent reside. Excluding Japan Sazawa exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Austria, where 0 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Sazawa
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