In addition to the three families noted above and the Suruga family, the branch families of the Tokugawa shogun family included the Kofu-Tokugawa family (Tsunashige TOKUGAWA, Ienobu TOKUGAWA and the Matsudaira family of Sama no kami (Captain of the Left Division of Samaryo)) and the Tatebayashi-Tokugawa family (Tsunayoshi TOKUGAWA and the Matsudaira family of Uma no kami (Captain of the Right Division of Bureau of Horses)), who were equivalent in both crop yield and social standing; however, the Echizen-Matsudaira family, founded by Hideyasu YUKI, who was a son of Ieyasu TOKUGAWA and older brother of Hidetada TOKUGAWA, and the Aizu-Matsudaira family, founded by Masayuki HOSHINA, who was a son of Hidetada and younger brother of Iemitsu TOKUGAWA, were not privileged to claim to be TOKUGAWA.
また、将軍家（徳川宗家）の分家としては、上記三家及び駿河家以外にも、3代将軍徳川家光の子を分封した甲府徳川家（徳川綱重・徳川家宣・松平左馬頭家）及び館林徳川家（徳川綱吉・松平右馬頭家）が、石高・家格ともに匹敵する家として存在した（但し徳川家康の子（徳川秀忠の兄）結城秀康を祖とする越前松平家、徳川秀忠の子（徳川家光の弟）保科正之を祖とする会津松平家などは徳川姓を許されていない）。