A surface acoustic wave element, comprising a piezoelectric substrate, a first surface acoustic wave resonant filter having a first IDT group consisting of a conductive film disposed on the piezoelectric substrate to utilizing longitudinal resonance mode coupling, and having a first passband, and a second surface acoustic wave resonant filter having a second IDT group consisting of a conductive film disposed on the piezoelectric substrate to utilizing longitudinal resonance mode coupling, and having a second passband of higher frequency than that of the first passband, wherein a number of IDTs constituting the first IDT group is more than that of the IDTs constituting the second IDT group.