Nowab Surname
Approximately 1,669 people bear this surname
Nowab Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bangladesh | 1,622 | 1:98,247 | 4,266 |
| Pakistan | 19 | 1:9,402,310 | 46,838 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
Nowab (852) may also be a first name.
Nowab Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nowab Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nowab is found in Bangladesh more than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nowab? popularity and diffusion
Nowab is the 239,834th most commonly held surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 4,366,415 people. It is mostly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Nowab are found; 99 percent are found in South Asia and 98 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. Nowab is also the 279,236th most frequently used first name internationally. It is borne by 852 people.
The surname is most widespread in Bangladesh, where it is carried by 1,622 people, or 1 in 98,247. Apart from Bangladesh this surname occurs in 9 countries. It is also found in Pakistan, where 1 percent live and Qatar, where 1 percent live.
Nowab Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Nowab has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the last name expanded 300 percent between 1881 and 2014.
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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 Nowab
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