Nawwaf Surname

1,014,722nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 250 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Saudi Arabia
Highest density in:
Saudi Arabia

Nawwaf Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nawwaf Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Saudi Arabia2391:129,10417,726
India51:153,413,076951,030
France11:66,422,722504,397
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Maldives11:404,1727,269
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521

Nawwaf (5,725) may also be a first name.

Nawwaf Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nawwaf is carried by more people in Saudi Arabia than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Nawwaf? popularity and diffusion

The surname Nawwaf is the 1,014,722nd most frequently occurring last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 29,150,184 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Nawwaf live; 96 percent live in West Asia and 96 percent live in Arabian Peninsula. It is also the 88,296th most frequently used forename throughout the world, held by 5,725 people.

The surname is most commonly held in Saudi Arabia, where it is borne by 239 people, or 1 in 129,104. Other than Saudi Arabia Nawwaf occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in India, where 2 percent live and France, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nawaf9120,887/
Nawaaf8310/
Nawazf831/
Nnawaf831/
Nawowa831/
Nawaw7399/
Navaf7394/
Nawav7313/
Nowaf731/
Newaf731/
Nawova6732/
Nawawz675/
Nawaph675/
Naibaf674/
Nowgaf673/
Nawgaw673/
Najbaf673/
Nabaif673/
Nawawh671/
Nawabh671/
Navafe671/
Nahbaf671/
Nauwav671/
Nawaiw671/

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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 Nawwaf
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