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 surname Nowab is borne by more people in Bangladesh than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nowab? popularity and diffusion
It is the 239,834th most frequent surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 4,366,415 people. The last name Nowab occurs mostly 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. It is also the 279,236th most prevalent first name at a global level, borne by 852 people.
The surname is most widely held in Bangladesh, where it is borne by 1,622 people, or 1 in 98,247. Aside from Bangladesh Nowab occurs in 9 countries. It is also common in Pakistan, where 1 percent reside and Qatar, where 1 percent reside.
Nowab Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Nowab has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Nowab surname grew 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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