Nahaw Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Mauritania

Nahaw Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nahaw Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Nahaw (6) may also be a first name.

Nahaw Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nahaw (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻧﺤﻮ, Hindi: नहवा) is more frequently found in India than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nahaw? popularity and diffusion

It is the 10,311,814th most commonly occurring family name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 67 percent of Nahaw are found; 67 percent are found in West Africa and 33 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 4,967,096th most common given name in the world It is held by 6 people.

Nahaw is most commonly used in India, where it is borne by 1 people, or 1 in 767,065,382. In India it is most frequent in: Madhya Pradesh, where 100 percent live. Outside of India this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Mauritania, where 33 percent live and Nigeria, where 33 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nahw892/
Naaw892/
Nhaw891/
Nahaf8050/
Nahav8012/
Naw75277,303/
Naheew7322/
Nahaph739/
Nahaif731/
Naab675,119/
Nauw672,225/
Nabh671,138/
Nhab67362/
Naaf67216/
Nahf6753/
Naph6720/
Gnaw6717/
Nahv677/
Nawf675/
Neaw675/
Nafh675/
Naav673/
Nawh672/
Najw672/
Nhow671/
Nohw671/
Naww671/
Nawt671/
Naiw671/
Nhav671/
Nnaw671/

Nahaw Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Nahaw in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻧﺤﻮanhw-
Nahaw in the Hindi language
नहवाnahava-

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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 Nahaw
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