Nowaka Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Nowaka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
Nowaka (173) may also be a first name.
Nowaka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nowaka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nowaka is more commonly found in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nowaka? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 8,968,613th most commonly held last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 75 percent of Nowaka reside; 50 percent reside in Southern Africa and 50 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 694,534th most commonly occurring first name internationally, held by 173 people.
The last name is most numerous in South Africa, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 27,088,852. Without taking into account South Africa this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 25 percent are found and Germany, where 25 percent are found.
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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 Nowaka
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