Surname

Mizusawa

Mizusawa (水沢) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean water + marsh, and Wikidata lists 40 notable people with this family name.

み · ず · さ · わ · みずさわ
Written水沢みずさわwater + marsh

What Mizusawa means

水
water
沢
marsh, mountain stream

Where the name comes from

The kanji of Mizusawa mean water + 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