Nawie Surname
Approximately 58 people bear this surname
Nawie Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 19 | 1:1,552,328 | 64,490 |
| Papua New Guinea | 18 | 1:452,984 | 57,838 |
| Burkina Faso | 12 | 1:1,529,342 | 12,810 |
| Philippines | 4 | 1:25,309,556 | 279,062 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
The alternate forms: Näwie (9) are calculated separately.
Nawie (221) may also be a first name.
Nawie Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nawie Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nawie is held by more people in Malaysia than any other country or territory. It may also be found as: Näwie. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nawie? popularity and diffusion
The surname Nawie is the 2,530,696th most frequently used family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 125,647,343 people. It is mostly found in Asia, where 41 percent of Nawie live; 40 percent live in Southeast Asia and 36 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 606,684th most common first name on earth. It is borne by 221 people.
It is most widely held in Malaysia, where it is borne by 19 people, or 1 in 1,552,328. In Malaysia it is most numerous in: Sarawak, where 84 percent live, Sabah, where 11 percent live and Negeri Sembilan, where 5 percent live. Aside from Malaysia Nawie exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 31 percent live and Burkina Faso, where 21 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 Nawie
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