Nordway Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Israel

Nordway Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nordway Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Russia61:24,020,509493,300
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Nordway Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nordway occurs most in Russia. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nordway? popularity and diffusion

Nordway is the 6,723,624th most commonly occurring family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. The surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 63 percent of Nordway live; 50 percent live in North Asia and 50 percent live in Slavic North Asia.

Nordway is most common in Russia, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 24,020,509. In Russia it is most numerous in: Tyumen Oblast, where 50 percent live, Moscow, where 17 percent live and Sverdlovsk Oblast, where 17 percent live. Beside Russia this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Israel, where 13 percent live and The United States, where 13 percent live.

Nordway Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Nordway has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name contracted 80 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nortway860/
Northway802,170/
Norhtway801/
Nordby775,580/
Northwa712/
Nortthwayj711/
Nordwich6744/
Nhardwaj674/
Noordwes671/
Noordwest637/
Noordbhai631/
Nordvi6259/
Nordve6228/
Nordue625/
Nordbøe5749/
Nordvie5727/
Nordved5716/
Nortuah574/
Nordues572/
Narduha571/
Northwe571/
Nordhues53511/
Nordvedt5340/
Nortwich5322/
Nordvist532/
Norhdues531/
Norduist531/
Nordhves531/
Nordhuis530/
Noordhuis50782/
Nordtuedt501/
Norrdhuis500/

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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 Nordway
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