Nawa Surname
Approximately 21,645 people bear this surname
Nawa Surname Definition:
Nawa is a surname of the Lozi tribe, meaning: good company.
Nawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 7,736 | 1:16,526 | 1,993 |
| Zambia | 3,053 | 1:5,192 | 637 |
| Indonesia | 2,265 | 1:58,388 | 6,425 |
| Pakistan | 1,137 | 1:157,119 | 4,198 |
| South Africa | 1,003 | 1:54,016 | 6,871 |
| Ivory Coast | 977 | 1:23,614 | 1,698 |
| Thailand | 870 | 1:81,194 | 10,980 |
| Botswana | 518 | 1:4,222 | 623 |
| Namibia | 472 | 1:5,105 | 970 |
| Papua New Guinea | 456 | 1:17,881 | 1,797 |
| Nigeria | 434 | 1:408,163 | 21,320 |
| Poland | 259 | 1:146,752 | 21,071 |
| United States | 240 | 1:1,510,246 | 102,670 |
| DR Congo | 239 | 1:309,120 | 27,984 |
| Philippines | 237 | 1:427,165 | 53,463 |
| Egypt | 214 | 1:429,606 | 25,756 |
| Iran | 193 | 1:397,837 | 25,581 |
| Cameroon | 154 | 1:134,864 | 15,121 |
| Afghanistan | 134 | 1:239,949 | 4,164 |
| Guinea | 120 | 1:98,615 | 843 |
| Niger | 118 | 1:162,644 | 5,862 |
| Malaysia | 106 | 1:278,247 | 15,446 |
| Brazil | 89 | 1:2,405,330 | 73,774 |
| Germany | 88 | 1:914,835 | 64,706 |
| Zimbabwe | 83 | 1:186,003 | 22,110 |
| India | 69 | 1:11,116,890 | 206,545 |
| Liberia | 66 | 1:66,796 | 5,740 |
| Iraq | 47 | 1:745,142 | 10,632 |
| Nepal | 34 | 1:837,675 | 5,559 |
| Uganda | 29 | 1:1,346,182 | 51,611 |
| Burkina Faso | 16 | 1:1,147,006 | 10,865 |
| Tanzania | 16 | 1:3,308,851 | 50,463 |
| Solomon Islands | 12 | 1:48,336 | 9,616 |
| Australia | 12 | 1:2,249,642 | 97,973 |
| England | 11 | 1:5,065,278 | 148,650 |
| Canada | 11 | 1:3,349,599 | 180,238 |
| Sri Lanka | 9 | 1:2,312,062 | 9,186 |
| Saudi Arabia | 9 | 1:3,428,424 | 32,607 |
| France | 9 | 1:7,380,302 | 306,885 |
| China | 8 | 1:170,915,196 | 8,932 |
| Greece | 8 | 1:1,384,974 | 86,362 |
| Denmark | 7 | 1:806,388 | 43,211 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
| Kazakhstan | 6 | 1:2,947,083 | 107,736 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Mauritania | 4 | 1:1,023,716 | 25,172 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Fiji | 4 | 1:223,598 | 2,635 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| Benin | 3 | 1:3,445,201 | 77,822 |
| Iceland | 3 | 1:126,697 | 5,403 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| Syria | 3 | 1:6,433,674 | 16,197 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
Nawa (26,598) may also be a first name.
Nawa Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Nawa is a surname of the Lozi tribe, meaning: good company.
Nawa is a surname of the Lozi tribe, meaning: bean.
Nawa Demographics
Average Nawa Salary in
United States
$49,457 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Nawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nawa (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻧﺎﻭﺍ, Hindi: नवा, Oriya: ନୱା, Tibetan: ན་ལྦ་) occurs most in Japan. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Nawa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 24,935th most numerous surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 336,685 people. The last name is primarily found in Asia, where 57 percent of Nawa reside; 36 percent reside in East Asia and 36 percent reside in Nippono-Asia. It is also the 30,547th most frequently used forename worldwide, borne by 26,598 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Japan, where it is held by 7,736 people, or 1 in 16,526. In Japan Nawa is most numerous in: Gifu Prefecture, where 16 percent reside, Yamagata Prefecture, where 9 percent reside and Tokyo Metropolis, where 9 percent reside. Excluding Japan it exists in 79 countries. It is also found in Zambia, where 14 percent reside and Indonesia, where 10 percent reside.
Nawa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is predominantly Christian (94%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those holding the Nawa last name are 8.06% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 61.29% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Nawa earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 36.5% less than the national average, earning R 150,912 per year and in United States they earn 14.62% more than the national average, earning $49,457 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Nawa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nawa in the Hindi language | ||
| नवा | nava | 99.19 |
| नव | nava | 0.4 |
| नावा | nava | 0.4 |
| Nawa in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻧﺎﻭﺍ | nawa | 60 |
| ﺍﻟﻨﺎﻭ | alnaw | 13.33 |
| ﺍﻟﻨﻮ | alnw | 6.67 |
| ﺍﻟﻨﺎﻭﻩ | alnawh | 6.67 |
| ﻧﺎﻭﺓ | nawt | 6.67 |
| ﻧﺎﻭ | naw | 6.67 |
| Nawa in the Oriya language | ||
| ନୱା | nawa | 50 |
| ନାୱା | nawa | 40 |
| ନାୱ | nawa | 10 |
| Nawa in the Tibetan language | ||
| ན་ལྦ་ | naba | 28.57 |
| ན་ལྦ། | naba | 14.29 |
| ན་བ་ | nawa | 14.29 |
| ན་ཝ། | nawa | 14.29 |
| ན་ཝ་ | nawa | 14.29 |
| ན་བ། | nawa | 14.29 |
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