Sawada Family History
- Sawada Name Meaning
- Japanese: common topographical name, meaning ‘rice paddy in the swamp’. It is found throughout Japan. Some bearers, especially from Ise, Kai, and Musashi (Mie, Yamanashi, and Tokyo-Saitama prefectures) are descended from ancient Shinto priestly families.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 6,288 Historical Documents with Sawada on Ancestry
- 1,760 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 1,106 Census and Voter Lists
- 441 Military Records
- 2,791 Immigration Records
- 190 Member Trees
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Number of Sawada families
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from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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from the New York Passenger Lists
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from 1881 UK Census Data
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