Nouws Surname

518,137th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 629 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Nouws Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nouws Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands5011:33,7075,628
Belgium1151:99,97115,234
Australia51:5,399,140162,351
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
England11:55,718,059489,080
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Nouws Last Name Facts

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

Nouws is more frequently found in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nouws? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 518,137th most frequently held surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 11,585,924 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 98 percent of Nouws live; 98 percent live in Western Europe and 98 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most common in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 501 people, or 1 in 33,707. In The Netherlands Nouws is most numerous in: North Brabant, where 84 percent are found, North Holland, where 5 percent are found and South Holland, where 4 percent are found. Besides The Netherlands this surname exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Belgium, where 18 percent are found and Australia, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nows8992/
Nouw893/
Nuws891/
Nouwt8045/
Nowsh8038/
Nauws8015/
Nowse801/
Noufs801/
Gnouw801/
Novws801/
Now75282/
Nuw754/
Nowsch7327/
Nowshe738/
Nowssh731/
Nuwshe730/
Nowa677,367/
Nauw672,225/
Nobs671,736/
Nouv671,363/
Nouf67835/
Noub67381/
Nofs67123/
Neuw6740/
Naws6721/
Noew6717/
Novs677/
Nguw673/
Gnow673/
Nubs672/
Nosw671/
Noow671/
Nuwp671/
Nowsova671/
Nowè671/
Nuwh671/
Nuhw671/
Nuvs671/
Nuwt671/
Nuww671/
Nuwx671/
Nuew671/
Noww671/
Nowz671/
Novw671/
Nowf671/
Nufs671/
Nhow671/
Nohw671/
Nujw671/
Nuiw671/

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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
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  • 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 Nouws
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