Nogiwa Surname
Approximately 818 people bear this surname
Nogiwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 809 | 1:158,028 | 7,890 |
| Mexico | 5 | 1:24,825,241 | 58,251 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Nogiwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nogiwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nogiwa is carried by more people in Japan than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Nogiwa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nogiwa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 423,328th most frequently used family name on earth, held by around 1 in 8,908,980 people. This last name is mostly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Nogiwa are found; 99 percent are found in East Asia and 99 percent are found in Nippono-Asia.
This surname is most commonly held in Japan, where it is borne by 809 people, or 1 in 158,028. In Japan Nogiwa is most frequent in: Wakayama Prefecture, where 18 percent reside, Kanagawa Prefecture, where 17 percent reside and Shizuoka Prefecture, where 14 percent reside. Other than Japan this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Mexico, where 1 percent reside and Brazil, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nongiwa | 92 | 17 | / |
| Nojiwa | 83 | 124 | / |
| Nagiwa | 83 | 51 | / |
| Nosiwa | 83 | 28 | / |
| Nogiwe | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nagaiwa | 77 | 705 | / |
| Nogieva | 77 | 121 | / |
| Naguiwa | 77 | 68 | / |
| Nangiwa | 77 | 8 | / |
| Notjiwa | 77 | 6 | / |
| Nungiwa | 77 | 5 | / |
| Negiewa | 77 | 5 | / |
| Nongewa | 77 | 2 | / |
| Nogiewo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nodziwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nojiwat | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nongiva | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nogaibai | 71 | 22 | / |
| Ngochiwa | 71 | 4 | / |
| Nogueiva | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nogaibay | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ngachiwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Naguiwwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Naziwa | 67 | 5,925 | / |
| Nasiwa | 67 | 1,275 | / |
| Naguwa | 67 | 144 | / |
| Nagiba | 67 | 82 | / |
| Nagewa | 67 | 47 | / |
| Nogiewich | 67 | 21 | / |
| Nogive | 67 | 11 | / |
| Najiwa | 67 | 11 | / |
| Nugiba | 67 | 8 | / |
| Noziba | 67 | 7 | / |
| Nagiwe | 67 | 6 | / |
| Nagiwo | 67 | 5 | / |
| Nogeva | 67 | 3 | / |
| Nojiba | 67 | 3 | / |
| Nagiva | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nāhiwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nozewa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nojiva | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Nogiwa
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