Nasarawa Surname
Approximately 342 people bear this surname
Nasarawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 338 | 1:524,091 | 25,846 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
Nasarawa (244) may also be a first name.
Nasarawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nasarawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nasarawa is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nasarawa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Nasarawa is the 814,680th most commonly used last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 21,308,614 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Nasarawa reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 571,890th most frequently occurring given name globally It is held by 244 people.
It is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 338 people, or 1 in 524,091. In Nigeria Nasarawa is most prevalent in: Zamfara, where 39 percent reside, Sokoto, where 18 percent reside and Bauchi, where 12 percent reside. Besides Nigeria it exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 0 percent reside and Niger, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nassarawa | 94 | 232 | / |
| Nasarrawa | 94 | 1 | / |
| Nasssarawa | 89 | 1 | / |
| Nassaerawa | 89 | 1 | / |
| Nasarawo | 88 | 12 | / |
| Nasarowa | 88 | 6 | / |
| Nassarawo | 82 | 12 | / |
| Nasarabai | 82 | 2 | / |
| Nasarabhai | 78 | 1 | / |
| Nazarowa | 75 | 180 | / |
| Nasarova | 75 | 48 | / |
| Nazarava | 75 | 28 | / |
| Nasarabi | 75 | 5 | / |
| Nosarava | 75 | 2 | / |
| Nasaravi | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nazarewa | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nazaraba | 75 | 1 | / |
| Naisarabhai | 74 | 13 | / |
| Nasharavadh | 74 | 2 | / |
| Nasharova | 71 | 20 | / |
| Nassarova | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nazarovaa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Naysarova | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nasarabee | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nasairova | 71 | 1 | / |
| Najaravad | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nausherava | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nosheerawa | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Nasarawa
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