Family name 早苗 (Sanae 
, 早苗 
) , globally, is a common last name. The cognomen 早苗 is characteristic of Morocco, where it is quite a common surname, Belgium, where it is a rare surname, and Algeria. Measured by absolute frequency, it most frequently occurs in Morocco, Algeria, and Japan. More prevalently, 早苗 is the forename as well as the last name.