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
Average Nawaf Salary in
United States
$64,453 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Nawaf Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nawaf Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nawaf (Arabic: النواف) is more commonly found in Syria than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nawaf? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 25,776th most frequent family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 348,903 people. The surname Nawaf occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Nawaf live; 98 percent live in West Asia and 85 percent live in Levant. Nawaf is also the 23,878th most frequently used first name on earth It is held by 36,609 people.
The surname is most widespread in Syria, where it is held by 13,025 people, or 1 in 1,482. In Syria Nawaf is mostly found in: Al-Suwayda Governorate, where 21 percent are found, Hama Governorate, where 17 percent are found and Daraa Governorate, where 15 percent are found. Besides Syria it occurs in 40 countries. It also occurs in Iraq, where 23 percent are found and Saudi Arabia, where 12 percent are found.
Nawaf Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the 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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- 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 Nawaf
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