Iwasa

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 岩佐 (Iwasa).

Proper noun

Iwasa (plural Iwasas)

1. A surname from Japanese.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Iwasa is the 107669^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 165 individuals. Iwasa is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (76.97%) and Mixed Race (14.55%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Iwasa”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 236.

Japanese

Romanization

Iwasa

1. Rōmaji transcription of いわさ