de Nauw Surname

1,310,135th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 172 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

de Nauw Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

de Nauw Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium1621:70,96711,334
Netherlands51:3,377,435111,911
France31:22,140,907385,998
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

de Nauw Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name de Nauw Come From? nationality or country of origin

de Nauw is held by more people in Belgium than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name de Nauw? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,310,135th most numerous surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 42,369,453 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of de Nauw reside; 99 percent reside in Western Europe and 88 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

It is most common in Belgium, where it is held by 162 people, or 1 in 70,967. In Belgium it is most prevalent in: Flemish Region, where 90 percent are found, Walloon Region, where 8 percent are found and Brussels Capital Region, where 2 percent are found. Besides Belgium this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in The Netherlands, where 3 percent are found and France, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
de Nova711,842/
de Neuf710/
der Nahab631/
der Najaf631/
da Nab6230/
de Neef572,738/
da Nova57532/
di Nova578/
de Nief573/
de Nijf571/
De-Nova571/
de Neeff5332/
de Noeff530/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to de Nauw
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