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
Nawa Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Nawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nawa (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻧﺎﻭﺍ, Hindi: नवा, Oriya: ନୱା, Tibetan: ན་ལྦ་) is found most frequently in Japan. It may be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nawa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 24,935th most widespread last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 336,685 people. The surname Nawa occurs mostly 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 commonly occurring first name at a global level, held by 26,598 people.
It is most prevalent in Japan, where it is borne by 7,736 people, or 1 in 16,526. In Japan it is most prevalent in: Gifu Prefecture, where 16 percent live, Yamagata Prefecture, where 9 percent live and Tokyo Metropolis, where 9 percent live. Other than Japan this last name occurs in 79 countries. It is also common in Zambia, where 14 percent live and Indonesia, where 10 percent live.
Nawa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Nawa surname is chiefly Christian (94%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those holding the Nawa surname are 8.06% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national 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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