Surname

Ozawa

Ozawa (小沢) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean small + marsh, and Wikidata lists 111 notable people with this family name.

お · ざ · わ · おざわ
Written小沢おざわsmall + marsh

What Ozawa means

小
small
沢
marsh, mountain stream

Where the name comes from

The kanji of Ozawa mean small + 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.

Famous people named Ozawa

Michihiro Ozawa 小沢 通宏Japanese association football player
Jisaburō Ozawa 小沢 治三郎Japanese admiral (1886–1966)
Ichirō Ozawa 小沢 一郎Japanese politician (born 1942)

From Wikidata: notable Japanese people with this family name.

Surnames that share a kanji