Nawaf Surname
Approximately 20,887 people bear this surname
Nawaf Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Syria | 13,025 | 1:1,482 | 195 |
| Iraq | 4,768 | 1:7,345 | 633 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2,465 | 1:12,518 | 1,726 |
| Egypt | 244 | 1:376,786 | 23,402 |
| Kuwait | 145 | 1:26,212 | 3,463 |
| Bahrain | 73 | 1:18,474 | 3,432 |
| India | 38 | 1:20,185,931 | 296,209 |
| United States | 13 | 1:27,881,456 | 736,413 |
| Qatar | 12 | 1:196,500 | 26,891 |
| Philippines | 11 | 1:9,203,475 | 207,772 |
| United Arab Emirates | 10 | 1:916,227 | 36,116 |
| Malaysia | 9 | 1:3,277,136 | 121,952 |
| Cameroon | 8 | 1:2,596,134 | 118,056 |
| Indonesia | 8 | 1:16,531,149 | 488,268 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Sweden | 6 | 1:1,641,126 | 116,183 |
| Pakistan | 5 | 1:35,728,777 | 102,388 |
| Lebanon | 5 | 1:1,127,417 | 17,983 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Yemen | 4 | 1:6,606,324 | 25,896 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Jordan | 2 | 1:4,421,218 | 22,351 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
Nawaf (36,609) may also be a first name.
Nawaf Demographics
Nawaf Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Nawaf Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nawaf Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nawaf (Arabic: النواف) is found most frequently in Syria. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nawaf? popularity and diffusion
The surname Nawaf is the 25,776th most frequently held surname globally It is held by around 1 in 348,903 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Nawaf reside; 98 percent reside in West Asia and 85 percent reside in Levant. It is also the 23,878th most frequently held first name at a global level. It is borne by 36,609 people.
This last name is most common in Syria, where it is carried by 13,025 people, or 1 in 1,482. In Syria Nawaf is most frequent in: Al-Suwayda Governorate, where 21 percent reside, Hama Governorate, where 17 percent reside and Daraa Governorate, where 15 percent reside. Without taking into account Syria this surname exists in 40 countries. It also occurs in Iraq, where 23 percent reside and Saudi Arabia, where 12 percent reside.
Nawaf Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Nawaf surname is chiefly Sunni (50%) in Lebanon.
Nawaf earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 49.37% more than the national average, earning $64,453 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Nawaf Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nawaf in the Arabic language | ||
| النواف | alnwaf | - |
| نوّاف | nwaf | - |
| نواف | nwaf | - |
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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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- 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 Nawaf
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