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
Tosawa occurs more in Japan more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Tosawa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tosawa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 413,768th most frequently held family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 8,655,043 people. The last name Tosawa is predominantly 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.
Tosawa is most commonly used in Japan, where it is carried by 805 people, or 1 in 158,813. In Japan it is primarily found in: Aomori Prefecture, where 54 percent are found, Shizuoka Prefecture, where 15 percent are found and Hokkaido Prefecture, where 14 percent are found. Beside Japan it exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 4 percent are found and Thailand, where 0 percent are found.
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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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