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.

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Nowald Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
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 carried by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Nowald? popularity and diffusion

Nowald is the 1,658,108th most widely held family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 60,729,549 people. Nowald is predominantly found in Europe, where 97 percent of Nowald reside; 58 percent reside in Western Europe and 58 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

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

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
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
  • 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 Nowald
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