Surname

Nakazawa

Nakazawa (中沢) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean middle + marsh, and Wikidata lists 64 notable people with this family name.

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Written中沢なかざわmiddle + marsh

What Nakazawa means

中
middle
沢
marsh, mountain stream

Where the name comes from

The kanji of Nakazawa mean middle + 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