Nowases Surname
Approximately 368 people bear this surname
Nowases Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Namibia | 366 | 1:6,583 | 1,285 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
Nowases Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nowases Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nowases is more commonly found in Namibia than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nowases? popularity and diffusion
The last name Nowases is the 772,238th most commonly used last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 19,803,114 people. The last name Nowases occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nowases live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
It is most frequent in Namibia, where it is held by 366 people, or 1 in 6,583. In Namibia Nowases is most common in: Khomas Region, where 66 percent are found, Erongo Region, where 20 percent are found and Hardap Region, where 12 percent are found. Barring Namibia this surname exists in one country. It is also found in South Africa, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nowase | 92 | 5 | / |
| Nawases | 86 | 426 | / |
| Nowashe | 86 | 8 | / |
| Nowaser | 86 | 1 | / |
| Nowasse | 86 | 1 | / |
| Nowaset | 86 | 1 | / |
| Nowaiser | 80 | 294 | / |
| Nouwasse | 80 | 279 | / |
| Nouwassi | 80 | 2 | / |
| Nouwassa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nowashie | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nawase | 77 | 94 | / |
| Novase | 77 | 48 | / |
| Nowasi | 77 | 3 | / |
| Nobase | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nowose | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nowaze | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nowaisser | 75 | 4 | / |
| Naweses | 71 | 94 | / |
| Naveses | 71 | 88 | / |
| Novassi | 71 | 32 | / |
| Nowasha | 71 | 19 | / |
| Nawassa | 71 | 16 | / |
| Nowasza | 71 | 13 | / |
| Nawaseh | 71 | 12 | / |
| Nowacis | 71 | 11 | / |
| Noobase | 71 | 6 | / |
| Nawassi | 71 | 4 | / |
| Nawatse | 71 | 2 | / |
| Nawasse | 71 | 1 | / |
| Novazes | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nawasee | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nowazie | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nowache | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nawaise | 71 | 1 | / |
| Navases | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nowajee | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nowacea | 71 | 1 | / |
| Novassa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nawazesh | 67 | 68 | / |
| Nawaiseh | 67 | 35 | / |
| Novatsis | 67 | 34 | / |
| Nawayseh | 67 | 21 | / |
| Nowazish | 67 | 6 | / |
| Nawajesh | 67 | 6 | / |
| Nouwosse | 67 | 3 | / |
| Novaiser | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nawaissa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nawasheh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nawaisge | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nouwatsi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nowajish | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngawashe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nouwashi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nouwossi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nouwossé | 67 | 1 | / |
| Noweishe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nahwatse | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nowatche | 67 | 0 | / |
| Nowachet | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Nowases
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