Ngawan Surname

3,055,934th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 41 people bear this surname

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

Ngawan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ngawan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia231:5,749,965259,967
Malaysia111:2,681,293102,971
Papua New Guinea41:2,038,429140,827
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049

Ngawan (94) may also be a first name.

Ngawan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ngawan has its highest incidence in Indonesia. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ngawan? popularity and diffusion

The surname Ngawan is the 3,055,934th most frequently occurring last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 177,745,022 people. The surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 88 percent of Ngawan reside; 88 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 83 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Ngawan is also the 980,251st most frequent given name on earth. It is borne by 94 people.

The surname Ngawan is most frequent in Indonesia, where it is held by 23 people, or 1 in 5,749,965. In Indonesia Ngawan is mostly concentrated in: West Kalimantan, where 39 percent live, East Nusa Tenggara, where 26 percent live and Central Sulawesi, where 13 percent live. Barring Indonesia this surname occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 27 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 10 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ngawane923/
Ngaawan921/
Ncgawan920/
Nggawang8632/
Ngaweang861/
Ngowan83442/
Ngavan83200/
Ngaban8323/
Ngawam8323/
Ngewan831/
Ngowane7711/
Ncgowan775/
Ngawone772/
Ngaawon771/
Ngayuan771/
Ngavang771/
Ngawein771/
Ngaiban771/
Ngayuang7110/
Ngavhane714/
Ngawoung713/
Ngovan6725/
Ngabon6718/
Ngoban6713/
Ngowon674/
Ngawom673/
Ngavon673/
Ngavam671/
Ngeuan671/
Nngavhane671/
Ngaihuang671/

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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 Ngawan
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