Norwan Surname

4,532,898th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 19 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Norwan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Norwan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia141:2,106,73083,604
Iran21:38,391,262236,033
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Norwan (121) may also be a first name.

Norwan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Norwan is most common in Malaysia. It may be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Norwan? popularity and diffusion

Norwan is the 4,532,898th most commonly held last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 383,555,048 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 89 percent of Norwan reside; 74 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 74 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 848,089th most frequently occurring first name worldwide, borne by 121 people.

The last name Norwan is most prevalent in Malaysia, where it is held by 14 people, or 1 in 2,106,730. In Malaysia it is most common in: Selangor, where 71 percent are found, Malacca, where 7 percent are found and Pahang, where 7 percent are found. Beside Malaysia this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Iran, where 11 percent are found and Niger, where 5 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Norwant923/
Ngorwan921/
Noorwan921/
Norwane921/
Nourwane861/
Norwayne861/
Narwan83644/
Nurwan83305/
Norban83123/
Nerwan83113/
Norvan8374/
Norwon8348/
Noruan831/
Norwam831/
Nourwanne801/
Norvand77263/
Norvang77132/
Norbain77101/
Narwane7755/
Ngurwan7721/
Norwong7720/
Narwain7719/
Noorvan7711/
Norvain779/
Norruan776/
Noorban776/
Nurwain775/
Norzuan773/
Norvant773/
Noiruan772/
Norwoon772/
Naarwan772/
Nooruan771/
Norwein771/
Nherwan771/
Noruang771/
Noruane771/
Nourban771/
Norrban771/
Norbann771/
Noorbain7137/
Noorvand7115/
Nooruang7115/
Noiruang7111/
Norruang716/
Nourvand712/
Noorbhan712/
Narwaane711/
Noyruang711/
Noorvant711/
Norvanne711/
Norvatin711/
Hnorwong711/
Narban67193/
Nurban6769/
Norbon6762/
Nurvan6730/
Naruan6726/
Nervan6723/
Narvan6720/
Nurwon6719/
Nerwon676/
Nuruan675/
Neruan673/
Norwąg671/
Norvon671/
Norvanova671/

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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 Norwan
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