Nowald Surname

1,658,108th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 120 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Poland

Nowald Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nowald Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany691:1,166,74676,492
Poland451:844,63965,213
Argentina21:21,371,707253,176
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
England11:55,718,059489,080
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Nowald Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Nowald Come From? nationality or country of origin

Nowald is most common in Germany. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nowald? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,658,108th most commonly occurring surname in the world, held by around 1 in 60,729,549 people. The surname Nowald occurs mostly in Europe, where 97 percent of Nowald are found; 58 percent are found in Western Europe and 58 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The surname Nowald is most frequent in Germany, where it is borne by 69 people, or 1 in 1,166,746. In Germany it is primarily found in: Lower Saxony, where 29 percent live, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 28 percent live and Baden-Württemberg, where 22 percent live. Beside Germany this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Poland, where 38 percent live and Argentina, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nojwald921/
Newald83302/
Nowold838/
Neuwald771,050/
Nauwald7724/
Nußwald777/
Newwald772/
Neuwaldt7116/
Nußwaldt7113/
Nauwaldt715/
Nusswald714/
Nübold67101/
Noveld6730/
Naveld6726/
Nabold678/
Navald675/
Nevald674/
Newold672/
Nawalt671/
Nabald671/
Nubold671/
Newalt670/

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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
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  • 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 Nowald
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