Nazwa Surname

988,329th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 260 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Maldives

Nazwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nazwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia1831:722,67355,771
Nigeria301:5,904,759145,253
Malaysia271:1,092,37948,277
Maldives111:36,7432,003
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Nazwa (1,024) may also be a first name.

Nazwa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nazwa occurs more in Indonesia more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Nazwa.

How Common Is The Last Name Nazwa? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 988,329th most commonly held family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 28,029,023 people. The last name Nazwa is mostly found in Asia, where 86 percent of Nazwa live; 81 percent live in Southeast Asia and 81 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 250,845th most widely held first name in the world It is held by 1,024 people.

The last name is most commonly used in Indonesia, where it is carried by 183 people, or 1 in 722,673. In Indonesia it is most common in: Banten, where 21 percent reside, South Kalimantan, where 21 percent reside and North Sumatra, where 17 percent reside. Aside from Indonesia this last name exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 12 percent reside and Malaysia, where 10 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nazwah9125/
Nadzwa912/
Nazway911/
Nazzwa911/
Nnazwa911/
Ngadzwa831/
Nnadzwa831/
Nacwa8018/
Nazua8015/
Nazwi809/
Nazwy802/
Nazba802/
Nozwa801/
Nadzwaha771/
Nadzua73578/
Nachwa7372/
Ngazua7322/
Najwah7315/
Naizwe738/
Nazbay737/
Nnazua736/
Ngozwa732/
Natzva731/
Nazvaz731/
Nnozwa731/
Nazuad731/
Nazhua731/
Nadzuha6738/
Ngodzwa676/
Nazrzwi672/
Neirzwa672/
Nazuhat671/
Natshwa671/
Nazvash671/
Najwash671/
Nazwoth670/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Nazwa
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