Nawas Surname
Approximately 14,334 people bear this surname
Nawas Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 4,239 | 1:4,909 | 705 |
| Pakistan | 2,435 | 1:73,365 | 2,634 |
| Indonesia | 1,898 | 1:69,678 | 7,509 |
| Jordan | 1,729 | 1:5,114 | 1,042 |
| Saudi Arabia | 676 | 1:45,645 | 6,666 |
| United Arab Emirates | 546 | 1:16,781 | 2,023 |
| India | 474 | 1:1,618,281 | 59,415 |
| Bangladesh | 451 | 1:353,341 | 9,758 |
| Palestine | 349 | 1:13,034 | 2,411 |
| Egypt | 275 | 1:334,312 | 21,412 |
| Malaysia | 212 | 1:139,124 | 8,838 |
| Papua New Guinea | 156 | 1:52,267 | 6,566 |
| Qatar | 137 | 1:17,212 | 1,876 |
| United States | 130 | 1:2,788,146 | 165,890 |
| Kuwait | 116 | 1:32,765 | 4,071 |
| Philippines | 94 | 1:1,077,002 | 89,308 |
| Iraq | 94 | 1:372,571 | 6,843 |
| Yemen | 79 | 1:334,497 | 9,960 |
| Nigeria | 61 | 1:2,903,980 | 91,283 |
| Afghanistan | 57 | 1:564,091 | 6,800 |
| England | 18 | 1:3,095,448 | 105,421 |
| Iran | 12 | 1:6,398,544 | 138,820 |
| Thailand | 11 | 1:6,421,668 | 407,040 |
| Canada | 10 | 1:3,684,559 | 191,443 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Switzerland | 7 | 1:1,173,274 | 69,697 |
| Belgium | 7 | 1:1,642,378 | 98,400 |
| Sweden | 5 | 1:1,969,351 | 134,077 |
| Lebanon | 5 | 1:1,127,417 | 17,983 |
| Brazil | 5 | 1:42,814,866 | 547,158 |
| Nepal | 4 | 1:7,120,239 | 14,461 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Oman | 3 | 1:1,229,324 | 8,987 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Guyana | 1 | 1:762,221 | 14,420 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
Nawas (4,706) may also be a first name.
Nawas Demographics
Average Nawas Salary in
United States
$66,370 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Nawas Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nawas Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nawas (Arabic: نعواس, Hindi: नवाश, Marathi: नवास, Oriya: ନୱାସ) occurs in Sri Lanka more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Nawas.
How Common Is The Last Name Nawas? popularity and diffusion
Nawas is the 36,793rd most frequently held family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 508,410 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 95 percent of Nawas live; 54 percent live in South Asia and 33 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Nawas is also the 99,855th most commonly occurring first name throughout the world, held by 4,706 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Sri Lanka, where it is held by 4,239 people, or 1 in 4,909. Excluding Sri Lanka Nawas is found in 56 countries. It also occurs in Pakistan, where 17 percent are found and Indonesia, where 13 percent are found.
Nawas Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Nawas surname is principally Melkite Greek Catholic (67%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those bearing the Nawas last name are 3.18% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 56.41% registered with the political party.
The amount Nawas earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 53.82% more than the national average, earning $66,370 USD per year and in Canada they earn 13.7% less than the national average, earning $42,877 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Nawas Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nawas in the Marathi language | ||
| नवास | navasa | - |
| Nawas in the Hindi language | ||
| नवाश | navasa | 98.71 |
| नवासा | navasa | 0.65 |
| नवास | navasa | 0.65 |
| Nawas in the Oriya language | ||
| ନୱାସ | nawasa | 50 |
| ନୱାଜ | nawaja | 50 |
| Nawas in the Arabic language | ||
| نعواس | nwas | - |
| نواس | nwas | - |
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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 Nawas
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