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
Nowab is found in Bangladesh more than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nowab? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 239,834th most widespread last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 4,366,415 people. It is predominantly 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 commonly occurring first name on earth, borne by 852 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Bangladesh, where it is borne by 1,622 people, or 1 in 98,247. Other than Bangladesh it is found 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 number of people carrying the Nowab surname increased 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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