Nawako Surname

1,471,719th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 144 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Nawako Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nawako Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania1171:452,49231,593
Papua New Guinea171:479,63060,627
Uganda91:4,337,69899,715
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Nawako (34) may also be a first name.

Nawako Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Nawako Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Nawako is more frequently found in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nawako? popularity and diffusion

The last name Nawako is the 1,471,719th most frequently occurring surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 50,607,958 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 88 percent of Nawako live; 88 percent live in East Africa and 88 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,775,424th most common given name worldwide, borne by 34 people.

The surname Nawako is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is borne by 117 people, or 1 in 452,492. In Tanzania Nawako is mostly concentrated in: Lindi Region, where 100 percent are found. Besides Tanzania this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 12 percent are found and Uganda, where 6 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nawakho9210/
Nawakoo925/
Nawakou921/
Nawakko921/
Nawaiko921/
Ngawakoy865/
Nawaka83164/
Navako8368/
Nawoko8311/
Naweko833/
Nowako833/
Navakos7731/
Navakod778/
Nabakou776/
Navakou774/
Nawatka773/
Navakho772/
Nawakka772/
Na'bako771/
Nawacka771/
Nawotko771/
Nabakho771/
Nabakko771/
Nowatko771/
Navaiko771/
Navadko771/
Nawakash718/
Nouwakou716/
Nawassco711/
Naisuako711/
Nabaaako711/
Nawajska711/
Naweka67771/
Newaka67508/
Navaka67409/
Naveko67157/
Novako6748/
Navoko6713/
Nawaqa6710/
Navaco676/
Nowaka674/
Nowoko672/
Newoko672/
Nawoka671/

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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 Nawako
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