Tomisawa Surname
Approximately 7,958 people bear this surname
Tomisawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 7,918 | 1:16,146 | 1,955 |
| Brazil | 17 | 1:12,592,608 | 246,358 |
| Canada | 8 | 1:4,605,699 | 220,704 |
| Switzerland | 6 | 1:1,368,819 | 77,571 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Tomisawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tomisawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tomisawa is held by more people in Japan than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tomisawa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 62,996th most frequent family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 915,751 people. The last name Tomisawa occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Tomisawa live; 99 percent live in East Asia and 99 percent live in Nippono-Asia.
It is most frequently used in Japan, where it is carried by 7,918 people, or 1 in 16,146. In Japan it is most numerous in: Tokyo Metropolis, where 18 percent reside, Saitama Prefecture, where 12 percent reside and Chiba Prefecture, where 12 percent reside. Excluding Japan it occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 0 percent reside and Canada, 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 Tomisawa
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