Nawases Surname

693,669th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 426 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Namibia
Highest density in:
Namibia

Nawases Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nawases Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Namibia4231:5,6961,089
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Nawases Last Name Facts

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

Nawases is found in Namibia more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nawases? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 693,669th most frequently occurring family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 17,106,915 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nawases live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

This surname is most widespread in Namibia, where it is carried by 423 people, or 1 in 5,696. In Namibia Nawases is most frequent in: Otjozondjupa Region, where 43 percent live, Kunene Region, where 41 percent live and Erongo Region, where 14 percent live. Besides Namibia this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 0 percent live and Sweden, where 0 percent live.

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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 Nawases
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