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 is held by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nawon? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,527,735th most widely held surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 53,584,896 people. The surname 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 widely held first name internationally, borne by 51 people.

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

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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