Nawasa Surname
Approximately 84 people bear this surname
Nawasa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 62 | 1:131,512 | 18,033 |
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| Fiji | 4 | 1:223,598 | 2,635 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
Nawasa (959) may also be a first name.
Nawasa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nawasa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nawasa (Marathi: नवसा) has its highest incidence in Papua New Guinea. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Nawasa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nawasa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,047,559th most widely held family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 86,756,499 people. The surname Nawasa occurs mostly in Oceania, where 79 percent of Nawasa are found; 79 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 74 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Nawasa is also the 260,558th most widespread first name on earth, borne by 959 people.
The last name Nawasa is most prevalent in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 62 people, or 1 in 131,512. In Papua New Guinea it is most numerous in: Western, where 71 percent live, Morobe, where 16 percent live and National Capital District, where 13 percent live. Barring Papua New Guinea this surname is found in 10 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 8 percent live and Fiji, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Nawasa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nawasa in the Marathi language | ||
| नवसा | navasa | 66.67 |
| नावासा | navasa | 33.33 |
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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 Nawasa
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