Nowaseb Surname

1,181,191st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 201 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Namibia
Highest density in:
Namibia

Nowaseb Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nowaseb Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Namibia2001:12,0472,266
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Nowaseb Last Name Facts

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

Nowaseb has its highest incidence in Namibia. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Nowaseb click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nowaseb? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,181,191st most frequently occurring family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 36,256,447 people. Nowaseb is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nowaseb are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

This last name is most commonly occurring in Namibia, where it is borne by 200 people, or 1 in 12,047. In Namibia it is mostly found in: Khomas Region, where 75 percent reside, Erongo Region, where 23 percent reside and Otjozondjupa Region, where 2 percent reside. Aside from Namibia this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in South Africa, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nawaseb86238/
Naweseb7191/
Novashev678/
Novosib5795/
Navasab571/
Navasib571/
Novosab571/
Nawajib571/
Naabasib533/
Navashev532/
Nabashev531/
Novoseev531/
Novazheev502/

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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 Nowaseb
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