Surname

Miyazawa

Miyazawa (宮沢) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean shrine + marsh, and Wikidata lists 32 notable people with this family name.

み · や · ざ · わ · みやざわ
Written宮沢みやざわshrine + marsh

What Miyazawa means

宮
shrine, palace
沢
marsh, mountain stream

Where the name comes from

Like most Japanese surnames, Miyazawa describes a place. Its kanji point to a shrine, the kind of landmark a family was known by when surnames became compulsory for everyone in 1875.

Famous people named Miyazawa

Masashi Miyazawa 宮沢 正史Japanese association football player
Katsuyuki Miyazawa 宮沢 克行Japanese association football player

From Wikidata: notable Japanese people with this family name.

Surnames that share a kanji