Sekisawa Surname

1,447,279th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 148 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Japan
Highest density in:
Japan

Sekisawa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sekisawa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Japan1401:913,17419,248
Brazil81:26,759,292405,030

Sekisawa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sekisawa occurs more in Japan more than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sekisawa? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,447,279th most numerous last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 49,240,175 people. The last name is mostly found in Asia, where 95 percent of Sekisawa are found; 95 percent are found in East Asia and 95 percent are found in Nippono-Asia.

The surname Sekisawa is most widespread in Japan, where it is held by 140 people, or 1 in 913,174. In Japan Sekisawa is most frequent in: Shizuoka Prefecture, where 96 percent are found and Tokyo Metropolis, where 3 percent are found. Barring Japan Sekisawa exists in one country. It is also found in Brazil, where 5 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sekizawa886,381/
Sakaisawa82575/
Seikesawa8252/
Ssekisawo823/
Shikisawa822/
Sekisaabo821/
Sekisaaba821/
Ssekisawe821/
Ssekisaawe781/
Ssekisaabo781/
Sekisova75698/
Sakesawa75245/
Sekisabo758/
Sikusawa754/
Sakaizawa71326/
Sekisheva7136/
Shikizawa7131/
Sekishova717/
Shokusawa716/
Ssekisabo711/
Shichisawa67392/
Shekisheva673/
Sakisheway671/

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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 Sekisawa
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