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 surname Nawie is held by more people in Malaysia than any other country or territory. It may be found as: Näwie. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Nawie? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,530,696th most frequent family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 125,647,343 people. Nawie occurs mostly in Asia, where 41 percent of Nawie are found; 40 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 36 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Nawie is also the 606,684th most commonly held first name globally, borne by 221 people.
The surname is most prevalent in Malaysia, where it is carried by 19 people, or 1 in 1,552,328. In Malaysia it is mostly concentrated in: Sarawak, where 84 percent live, Sabah, where 11 percent live and Negeri Sembilan, where 5 percent live. Barring Malaysia this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also common 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
- 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 Nawie
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