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 is borne by more people in Japan than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Terasawa? popularity and diffusion

It is the 20,335th most frequently occurring last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 270,912 people. The last name Terasawa is predominantly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Terasawa are found; 99 percent are found in East Asia and 99 percent are found in Nippono-Asia.

This surname is most commonly occurring in Japan, where it is borne by 26,749 people, or 1 in 4,779. In Japan it is primarily found in: Aichi Prefecture, where 19 percent reside, Tokyo Metropolis, where 12 percent reside and Nagano Prefecture, where 10 percent reside. Outside of Japan it occurs in 14 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 0 percent reside and Brazil, where 0 percent reside.

Terasawa Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Terasawa surname are 33.44% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 86.67% 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
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  • 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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