Nawaw Surname

1,860,621st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 99 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Nawaw Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nawaw Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia521:567,19727,732
Indonesia291:4,560,317223,141
India131:59,005,029552,550
Pakistan41:44,660,971115,884
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Nawaw (21) may also be a first name.

Nawaw Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nawaw is found in Malaysia more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Nawaw click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nawaw? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,860,621st most commonly used surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 73,611,575 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Nawaw reside; 83 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 82 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 2,368,944th most frequent first name on earth, borne by 21 people.

The last name is most widespread in Malaysia, where it is carried by 52 people, or 1 in 567,197. In Malaysia it is mostly concentrated in: Selangor, where 23 percent reside, Kelantan, where 21 percent reside and Pahang, where 19 percent reside. Other than Malaysia this last name occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 29 percent reside and India, where 13 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nawawe91275/
Nawawz915/
Nawgaw913/
Nawawh911/
Nawaiw911/
Nawaawe831/
Nawaf8020,887/
Nawav8013/
Navaw803/
Nawwaf73250/
Nawova7332/
Nawaaf7310/
Nowawe7310/
Nawaph735/
Nawabh731/
Nawazf731/
Nnawaf731/
Nawowa731/
Nauwav731/
Naveaw730/
Naawaab671/
Neewahw671/

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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 Nawaw
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