Nawaseb Surname
Approximately 238 people bear this surname
Nawaseb Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Namibia | 237 | 1:10,166 | 1,948 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Nawaseb Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nawaseb Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nawaseb is found in Namibia more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nawaseb? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,052,587th most numerous last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 30,619,941 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nawaseb reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Namibia, where it is held by 237 people, or 1 in 10,166. In Namibia Nawaseb is mostly concentrated in: Kunene Region, where 55 percent are found, Erongo Region, where 25 percent are found and Oshikoto Region, where 16 percent are found. Aside from Namibia it exists in one country. It is also common in South Africa, where 0 percent are found.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Nawaseb
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