Nowas Surname
Approximately 95 people bear this surname
Nowas Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 64 | 1:1,257,898 | 80,532 |
| Nigeria | 9 | 1:19,682,529 | 291,344 |
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 1:1,164,817 | 109,517 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
The alternate forms: Nowaś (1) are calculated separately.
Nowas (143) may also be a first name.
Nowas Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nowas Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nowas (Marathi: नोवास) occurs in Germany more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant: Nowaś. For other possible spellings of Nowas click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nowas? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,907,068th most frequent last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 76,711,010 people. The last name Nowas occurs predominantly in Europe, where 72 percent of Nowas live; 68 percent live in Western Europe and 68 percent live in Germanic Europe. It is also the 772,378th most commonly occurring first name at a global level, held by 143 people.
The surname Nowas is most commonly used in Germany, where it is borne by 64 people, or 1 in 1,257,898. In Germany Nowas is mostly found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 59 percent reside and Lower Saxony, where 36 percent reside. Without taking into account Germany this last name exists in 12 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 9 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 7 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Nowas Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nowas in the Marathi language | ||
| नोवास | novasa | - |
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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 Nowas
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