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
Nowas (Marathi: नोवास) has its highest incidence in Germany. It can appear as: Nowaś. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nowas? popularity and diffusion
Nowas is the 1,907,068th most commonly held family name in the world, held by around 1 in 76,711,010 people. The last name Nowas occurs predominantly in Europe, where 72 percent of Nowas reside; 68 percent reside in Western Europe and 68 percent reside in Germanic Europe. Nowas is also the 772,378th most commonly occurring forename internationally. It is borne by 143 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Germany, where it is borne by 64 people, or 1 in 1,257,898. In Germany Nowas is most numerous in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 59 percent reside and Lower Saxony, where 36 percent reside. Apart from Germany this surname 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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