The sawa Surname
sawa Name Meaning and History
- Japanese (mostly found in eastern Japan): meaning ‘swamp’, it is sometimes written with characters used phonetically. A few bearers have samurai connections. The name is not very common in Japan, but is a very common element in many other names; so some instances in America could have been shortened from names either beginning or ending with sawa.
- Polish: from the personal name Sawa, from Greek Sabbas (see Savas).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Catherine SAWA Torsky - Lublin, Bilgoraj, Babice, Obsza, Poland to Ohio, U.S.A. |
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