Terasawa Surname

20,335th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 26,900 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Japan
Highest density in:
Japan

Terasawa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Terasawa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Japan26,7491:4,779765
United States711:5,105,055259,233
Brazil501:4,281,487114,765
Thailand131:5,433,719375,884
Philippines41:25,309,556279,062
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
England11:55,718,059489,080
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
New Caledonia11:276,22310,363
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049

Terasawa Last Name Facts

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

Terasawa has its highest incidence in Japan. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Terasawa? popularity and diffusion

It is the 20,335th most widely held surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 270,912 people. It is predominantly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Terasawa live; 99 percent live in East Asia and 99 percent live in Nippono-Asia.

This surname is most commonly used in Japan, where it is borne by 26,749 people, or 1 in 4,779. In Japan it is most frequent in: Aichi Prefecture, where 19 percent are found, Tokyo Metropolis, where 12 percent are found and Nagano Prefecture, where 10 percent are found. Other than Japan this last name exists in 14 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 0 percent are found and Brazil, where 0 percent are found.

Terasawa Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Terasawa surname are 33.44% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 86.67% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Terasawa earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 20.01% less than the national average, earning $34,516 USD per year and in Canada they earn 27.27% less than the national average, earning $36,135 CAD 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 Terasawa
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