Nahwan Surname
Approximately 258 people bear this surname
Nahwan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 250 | 1:528,997 | 42,886 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
Nahwan (749) may also be a first name.
Nahwan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nahwan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nahwan is carried by more people in Indonesia than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nahwan? popularity and diffusion
The last name Nahwan is the 993,593rd most commonly occurring last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 28,246,302 people. Nahwan occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Nahwan reside; 99 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 97 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Nahwan is also the 300,342nd most numerous first name world-wide, held by 749 people.
It is most widespread in Indonesia, where it is carried by 250 people, or 1 in 528,997. In Indonesia it is most prevalent in: Banten, where 48 percent live, West Java, where 25 percent live and West Nusa Tenggara, where 13 percent live. Not including Indonesia this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Thailand, where 2 percent live and Cameroon, where 0 percent live.
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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 Nahwan
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