Nanawati Surname

1,746,159th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 110 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Indonesia

Nanawati Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nanawati Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India711:10,803,738202,948
Indonesia271:4,898,118234,077
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
Pakistan31:59,547,962132,569
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Canada11:36,845,591464,108

Nanawati (120) may also be a first name.

Nanawati Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nanawati (Marathi: नानावटी) is found in India more than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nanawati? popularity and diffusion

Nanawati is the 1,746,159th most frequently used last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 66,250,417 people. Nanawati occurs mostly in Asia, where 92 percent of Nanawati live; 67 percent live in South Asia and 58 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 852,104th most common forename globally, borne by 120 people.

The surname Nanawati is most frequent in India, where it is carried by 71 people, or 1 in 10,803,738. In India Nanawati is primarily found in: Maharashtra, where 61 percent are found, Delhi, where 10 percent are found and Jammu and Kashmir, where 10 percent are found. Outside of India this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 25 percent are found and The United States, where 5 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Nanawati Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Nanawati in the Marathi language
नानावटीnanavati39.13
नानवटीnanavati26.09
नानोटीnanoti13.04
नानावठीnanavathi13.04
नाणविटnanavita4.35
नानावरीnanavari4.35

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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 Nanawati
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