Nawr Surname

13,863rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 40,220 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Egypt

Nawr Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nawr Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt40,2091:2,286312
Pakistan41:44,660,971115,884
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
Eritrea11:4,751,901911
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Nawr (220,423) may also be a first name.

Nawr Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nawr (Arabic: نور, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻨﻮﺭ) occurs more in Egypt more than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nawr? popularity and diffusion

Nawr is the 13,863rd most frequent family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 181,192 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nawr live; 100 percent live in North Africa and 100 percent live in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 4,742nd most common given name internationally. It is borne by 220,423 people.

The surname is most frequently occurring in Egypt, where it is borne by 40,209 people, or 1 in 2,286. Barring Egypt Nawr is found in 7 countries. It is also found in Pakistan, where 0 percent live and Taiwan, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Neawr8920/
Nawre8910/
Naewr891/
Nahwr891/
Najwer80529/
Najwrh801/
Naywer801/
Neawre801/
Nabr751,381/
Nowr758/
Navr753/
Newr752/
Naaswrr731/
Najwere731/
Hnajwhr731/
Navre673,205/
Najbr6728/
Navrt675/
Nowre672/
Noowr671/
Naybr671/
Nnavre6010/
Neiwer608/
Neaver608/
Naiver607/
Najvrt605/
Nayver603/
Naavre601/
Navrre600/
Navrova5512/
Naivere551/
Nobr509/

Nawr Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Nawr in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﻨﻮﺭalnwr-
Nawr in the Arabic language
نورnwr-

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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 Nawr
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