Nadawa Surname

2,136,387th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 78 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Nadawa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nadawa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea301:271,79136,992
Philippines241:4,218,259160,165
Niger111:1,744,72934,351
Nigeria61:29,523,793355,097
Cameroon41:5,192,267135,173
Uganda31:13,013,093160,157

Nadawa (31) may also be a first name.

Nadawa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nadawa is held by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Nadawa.

How Common Is The Last Name Nadawa? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,136,387th most commonly held family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 93,430,076 people. Nadawa occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 38 percent of Nadawa live; 38 percent live in Oceania Islands and 38 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,874,099th most prevalent first name at a global level. It is borne by 31 people.

Nadawa is most commonly used in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 30 people, or 1 in 271,791. In Papua New Guinea Nadawa is most frequent in: Southern Highlands, where 97 percent live and East New Britain, where 3 percent live. Beside Papua New Guinea Nadawa occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in The Philippines, where 31 percent live and Niger, where 14 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nadawah9221/
Nadawai925/
Naidawa922/
Naddawa921/
Nadhawa921/
Nadawath865/
Nadava83194/
Nedawa83113/
Nadaba8383/
Nadawi8375/
Nadewa8315/
Nadowa8314/
Nadawo834/
Nadawe834/
Najdawi773,543/
Naddawi77166/
Nedahwa7778/
Nadaeva7722/
Nadavat778/
Nadaabo775/
Nadabai774/
Nadeawi774/
Nadavaa773/
Nadavay773/
Nadabay772/
Nadouwa772/
Najdawy772/
Nadeiwa771/
Natdawe771/
Nadawit771/
Noudawa771/
Nadavad771/
Nadawie771/
Nodaway771/
Nnadaba771/
Natdawet71135/
Nadabhai7127/
Naadouwa711/
Ngadouwa711/
Nadhabai711/
Naadaave711/
Naydaeva711/
Nahdaeva711/
Gnadouwa711/
Nadabo673,032/
Nadavi67326/
Nedava67136/
Nadabi67131/
Nadoba6795/
Nadave6761/
Nadova6756/
Nadabe6749/
Nedowa6727/
Nadavo6711/
Nodaba674/
Nadhabhai674/
Nadeva674/
Nadowi671/
Nadowo671/
Nedawo671/
Naddawech671/

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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 Nadawa
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