Nowab Surname

239,834th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,669 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Bangladesh
Highest density in:
Bangladesh

Nowab Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nowab Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Bangladesh1,6221:98,2474,266
Pakistan191:9,402,31046,838
Qatar91:262,00030,726
India51:153,413,076951,030
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
England31:18,572,686338,250
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128

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.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nowaab911/
Nawab80224,089/
Nobab8056/
Newab808/
Noweb805/
Nuwab803/
Novab802/
Nawwab73531/
Nobaub73116/
Nawaab7365/
Nawaib7338/
Nawabh731/
Naweab731/
Naawab731/
Ngowap731/
Nawahb731/
Ngouwap671/
Naawaab671/

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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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