Nawis Surname

1,955,159th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 91 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Nawis Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nawis Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia761:1,740,121112,888
Papua New Guinea81:1,019,215101,897
France11:66,422,722504,397
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861

Nawis (129) may also be a first name.

Nawis Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nawis (Hindi: नवीस) is borne by more people in Indonesia than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Nawis.

How Common Is The Last Name Nawis? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,955,159th most widespread family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 80,082,922 people. Nawis is primarily found in Asia, where 89 percent of Nawis live; 86 percent live in Southeast Asia and 85 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Nawis is also the 818,356th most frequently used forename internationally, borne by 129 people.

The last name Nawis is most prevalent in Indonesia, where it is carried by 76 people, or 1 in 1,740,121. In Indonesia Nawis is primarily found in: Southeast Sulawesi, where 21 percent live, Bali, where 17 percent live and South Sulawesi, where 16 percent live. Without taking into account Indonesia this last name is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 9 percent live and France, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nahwis9114/
Nawish918/
Nawies916/
Nawais915/
Naweis911/
Nawaish835/
Nawaijs835/
Nawoish831/
Nawaise831/
Navis802,070/
Newis80262/
Nabis80190/
Nawiz80166/
Nowis80132/
Nawes8052/
Nawys801/
Novais7375,463/
Nabais734,111/
Navais73329/
Newiss73187/
Nahuis73174/
Nawaiz7396/
Nowisz7377/
Navish7367/
Navies7342/
Nabish7338/
Naives7336/
Nawese7321/
Navise7320/
Newies7318/
Nawees7315/
Hnavis739/
Ngawes739/
Nawioz738/
Naivis737/
Newish733/
Nauwys733/
Nawess733/
Naviss732/
Navios732/
Nabois732/
Nabiss732/
Nowais732/
Nawich732/
Nabhis731/
Nawijh731/
Nasuis731/
Nowise731/
Newwis731/
Neuwis731/
Nawieś731/
Nobais731/
Nawesh731/
Nawaij731/
Nabuis730/
Newhis730/
Newhuis6748/
Nowaish6744/
Naweshe6734/
Nahuijs6716/
Nabhais6714/
Nahuish6713/
Navisse6713/
Nabihsh6712/
Navaish678/
D'Navis672/
Naabish671/
Nabuish671/
Nabaish671/
Novaais671/
Noweiss671/
Newisch671/
Nahbois671/
Nawiche671/
Novaish671/
Neuvais671/

Nawis Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Nawis in the Hindi language
नवीसnavisa66.67
नफीसnaphisa33.33

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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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  • 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 Nawis
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