Nanwat Surname

4,116,508th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 23 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Nanwat Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nanwat Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria221:8,051,944174,166
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Nanwat (40) may also be a first name.

Nanwat Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nanwat is most common in Nigeria. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Nanwat? popularity and diffusion

It is the 4,116,508th most commonly occurring surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 316,849,822 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Nanwat live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,614,485th most frequently used first name globally, borne by 40 people.

The surname Nanwat is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 22 people, or 1 in 8,051,944. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Plateau, where 95 percent are found and Rivers, where 5 percent are found. Other than Nigeria it occurs in one country. It is also found in Thailand, where 4 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nanwate9269/
Nanwaite861/
Namwat831,353/
Nanvat8333/
Nanbat832/
Nanuat831/
Nanvate7767/
Nainwad7752/
Nanvath7717/
Namnuat7715/
Namwate771/
Namhwat771/
Naanbat771/
Naanvath717/
Nainewad717/
Naynewad711/
Namwatch711/
Nannvate711/
Naimnwad711/
Nenvat67316/
Namwad67178/
Nambat6726/
Nanvad677/
Nonvat674/
Nanbot672/
Namvat671/
Nanuad671/
Nanbad671/
Nonbat671/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Nanwat
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