Nawon Surname

1,527,735th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 136 people bear this surname

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

Nawon Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nawon Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea641:127,40217,396
Benin291:356,40027,355
Liberia211:209,93013,691
Philippines161:6,327,389184,366
Malaysia51:5,898,845196,803
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Nawon (51) may also be a first name.

Nawon Last Name Facts

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

Nawon occurs in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nawon? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,527,735th most commonly used surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 53,584,896 people. The last name Nawon occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 47 percent of Nawon live; 47 percent live in Oceania Islands and 47 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Nawon is also the 1,396,783rd most frequently used given name world-wide, borne by 51 people.

The surname is most commonly held in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 64 people, or 1 in 127,402. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily concentrated in: Madang, where 58 percent reside, East Sepik, where 27 percent reside and Morobe, where 14 percent reside. Excluding Papua New Guinea this last name exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 21 percent reside and Liberia, where 15 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Neawon9189/
Nawond911/
Gnawon911/
Nawone911/
Nawoin911/
Nawoon911/
Naiwong8332/
Nawoung8321/
Gnawong831/
Ngaawon831/
Neawoin831/
Nawan803,061/
Navon802,769/
Nabon80451/
Newon80420/
Nowon80280/
Nawun80110/
Nawom8096/
Navone733,677/
Najwan731,006/
Nawane73525/
Naubon73406/
Nehwon73317/
Nahwan73258/
Naboon73142/
Neewon73135/
Navong7370/
Naabon7350/
Naiwan7340/
Naywan7326/
Gnavon7324/
Gnawan7319/
Navond7311/
Nawhan736/
Naboin735/
Nawaan734/
Ngowon734/
Ngavon733/
Nawann733/
Newhon733/
Nouwon732/
Nowone732/
Navoun732/
Nnawom732/
Naswom732/
Nawuan731/
Neabon731/
Naewan731/
Naboun731/
Nawomg731/
Gnowon731/
Nawant731/
Naivon731/
Newwon731/
Naibon731/
Nnawan731/
Nowoin731/
Newoon731/
Newonn731/
Nawund731/
Nawoom731/
Nawgan731/
Ngawun731/
Noiwong672,226/
Nowocin67705/
Noowong67187/
Nasuhon6762/
Nawuang6736/
Noywong6735/
Nowocyn6730/
Navogne6726/
Navonne6713/
Nowotne6711/
Najhwan678/
Hnawang675/
Naewwan674/
Navotin673/
Nahawan673/
Naewhan673/
Nouwong672/
Nhawane672/
Naiboon672/
Nabhoun672/
Nahwuin671/
Navosin671/
Nouwone671/
Nahwamn671/
Hnowong671/
Naouhon671/
Ngoiwon671/
Ngouwon671/
Ngaawan671/
Naiwand671/
Nawaane671/
Nowgoun671/
Nauwane671/
Naywang671/
Nawannd671/
Noowoon671/
Newhohn670/

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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 Nawon
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