Tosawa Surname
Approximately 842 people bear this surname
Tosawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 805 | 1:158,813 | 7,918 |
| Brazil | 30 | 1:7,135,811 | 166,009 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
Tosawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tosawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tosawa is found most frequently in Japan. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Tosawa.
How Common Is The Last Name Tosawa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 413,768th most widespread surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 8,655,043 people. The last name Tosawa is mostly found in Asia, where 96 percent of Tosawa are found; 96 percent are found in East Asia and 96 percent are found in Nippono-Asia.
It is most common in Japan, where it is held by 805 people, or 1 in 158,813. In Japan Tosawa is mostly found in: Aomori Prefecture, where 54 percent reside, Shizuoka Prefecture, where 15 percent reside and Hokkaido Prefecture, where 14 percent reside. Barring Japan this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 4 percent reside and Thailand, 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 Tosawa
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