Nanavi Surname

4,307,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 21 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iran
Highest density in:
Iran

Nanavi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nanavi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iran181:4,265,696111,937
India31:255,688,4611,306,352

Nanavi (38) may also be a first name.

Nanavi Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nanavi (Hindi: नानवी, Marathi: नानवाी) is borne by more people in Iran than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Nanavi.

How Common Is The Last Name Nanavi? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 4,307,654th most commonly used surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 347,025,996 people. The surname Nanavi is primarily found in Asia, where 100 percent of Nanavi live; 100 percent live in South Asia and 86 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Nanavi is also the 1,662,754th most commonly occurring given name world-wide, held by 38 people.

This surname is most prevalent in Iran, where it is held by 18 people, or 1 in 4,265,696. In Iran Nanavi is most numerous in: East Azerbaijan Province, where 44 percent live, Qazvin Province, where 44 percent live and Ilam Province, where 6 percent live. Without taking into account Iran Nanavi occurs in one country. It is also found in India, where 14 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Nanavi Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Nanavi in the Hindi language
नानवीnanavi66.67
ननावीnanavi33.33
Nanavi in the Marathi language
नानवाीnanavai66.67
नानवीnanavi33.33

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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 Nanavi
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