Nowake Surname
Approximately 30 people bear this surname
Nowake Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 26 | 1:593,778 | 45,605 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 1:7,174,098 | 302,835 |
Nowake (121) may also be a first name.
Nowake Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nowake Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nowake occurs in Zimbabwe more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Nowake click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nowake? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,602,217th most frequent last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 242,918,197 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 90 percent of Nowake are found; 90 percent are found in Southern Africa and 90 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Nowake is also the 848,089th most numerous first name on earth. It is borne by 121 people.
The surname Nowake is most frequently used in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 26 people, or 1 in 593,778. In Zimbabwe it is primarily concentrated in: Matabeleland North Province, where 46 percent are found, Midlands Province, where 46 percent are found and Bulawayo Province, where 4 percent are found. Outside of Zimbabwe this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 7 percent are found and England, where 3 percent are found.
Nowake Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Nowake has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Nowake last name decreased 71 percent between 1880 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 Nowake
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