Tanisawa Surname

68,728th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7,224 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Japan
Highest density in:
Japan

Tanisawa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tanisawa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Japan7,1631:17,8482,098
United States411:8,840,462379,649
Brazil161:13,379,646256,605
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534

Tanisawa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Tanisawa is found most in Japan. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Tanisawa.

How Common Is The Last Name Tanisawa? popularity and diffusion

Tanisawa is the 68,728th most frequent last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 1,008,796 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Tanisawa reside; 99 percent reside in East Asia and 99 percent reside in Nippono-Asia.

The last name Tanisawa is most commonly occurring in Japan, where it is borne by 7,163 people, or 1 in 17,848. In Japan Tanisawa is most numerous in: Tokyo Metropolis, where 12 percent live, Aichi Prefecture, where 11 percent live and Osaka Prefecture, where 8 percent live. Beside Japan this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent live and Brazil, where 0 percent live.

Tanisawa Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Tanisawa last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 100% registered with the political party.

Tanisawa earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 34.48% more than the national average, earning $58,025 USD per year.

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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 Tanisawa
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