Nawaja Surname
Approximately 133 people bear this surname
Nawaja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palestine | 60 | 1:75,814 | 6,193 |
| Cameroon | 33 | 1:629,366 | 47,277 |
| Uganda | 15 | 1:2,602,619 | 75,106 |
| Tunisia | 9 | 1:67,847 | 8,246 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Afghanistan | 3 | 1:10,717,728 | 35,605 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
Nawaja (87) may also be a first name.
Nawaja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nawaja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nawaja (Marathi: नवाज) is found in Palestine more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nawaja? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,551,568th most numerous family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 54,793,578 people. The last name Nawaja occurs mostly in Asia, where 56 percent of Nawaja are found; 46 percent are found in West Asia and 45 percent are found in Levant. It is also the 1,024,927th most frequently occurring given name worldwide. It is borne by 87 people.
This last name is most frequently held in Palestine, where it is borne by 60 people, or 1 in 75,814. In Palestine Nawaja is most frequent in: Hebron Governorate, where 82 percent are found and Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate, where 18 percent are found. Apart from Palestine this last name occurs in 10 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 25 percent are found and Uganda, where 11 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Nawaja Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nawaja in the Marathi language | ||
| नवाज | navaja | 71.43 |
| नवजा | navaja | 28.57 |
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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 Nawaja
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