Nawkar Surname

1,290,735th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 176 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Afghanistan
Highest density in:
Afghanistan

Nawkar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nawkar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Afghanistan1031:312,1674,880
India701:10,958,077204,613
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015

Nawkar (28) may also be a first name.

Nawkar Last Name Facts

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

Nawkar (Marathi: नावकर) is found most in Afghanistan. It may be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Nawkar? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,290,735th most frequent last name internationally, held by around 1 in 41,406,511 people. Nawkar is predominantly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Nawkar reside; 98 percent reside in South Asia and 59 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 1,994,417th most prevalent forename throughout the world, held by 28 people.

The surname Nawkar is most widely held in Afghanistan, where it is borne by 103 people, or 1 in 312,167. In Afghanistan Nawkar is primarily found in: Nangarhar, where 48 percent are found, Khost, where 29 percent are found and Kabul, where 12 percent are found. Barring Afghanistan this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also common in India, where 40 percent are found and Canada, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nhawkar9221/
Nawkhare8628/
Navkar831,986/
Newkar834/
Nafkar831/
Nhavkar771,392/
Nahvkar775/
Navhkar774/
Navkare774/
Naavkar772/
Navkaar771/
Nowkhar771/
Navkhare7181/
Nahavkar716/
Novkarova531/

Nawkar Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Nawkar in the Marathi language
नावकरnavakara58.06
नावकारnavakara22.58
नवकारnavakara19.35

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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 Nawkar
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