Surname

Misawa

Misawa (三沢) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean three + marsh, and Wikidata lists 28 notable people with this family name.

み · さ · わ · みさわ
Written三沢みさわthree + marsh

What Misawa means

三
three
沢
marsh, mountain stream

Where the name comes from

The kanji of Misawa mean three + marsh. Many surnames like it began as descriptions of a family's land, trade or position before surnames were required for every household in 1875.

Surnames that share a kanji