Nowawi Surname
Approximately 133 people bear this surname
Nowawi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 76 | 1:388,082 | 20,352 |
| Indonesia | 57 | 1:2,320,161 | 139,963 |
Nowawi (82) may also be a first name.
Nowawi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nowawi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nowawi is borne by more people in Malaysia than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nowawi? popularity and diffusion
The surname Nowawi is the 1,551,568th most frequent family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 54,793,578 people. This surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Nowawi live; 100 percent live in Southeast Asia and 100 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Nowawi is also the 1,060,447th most commonly used first name throughout the world, held by 82 people.
This surname is most widespread in Malaysia, where it is held by 76 people, or 1 in 388,082. In Malaysia Nowawi is most frequent in: Kelantan, where 25 percent are found, Kuala Lumpur, where 20 percent are found and Perak, where 20 percent are found. Aside from Malaysia this surname exists in one country. It is also common in Indonesia, where 43 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Noowawi | 92 | 1 | / |
| Nawawi | 83 | 41,022 | / |
| Nuwawi | 83 | 55 | / |
| Nowawa | 83 | 48 | / |
| Nowawe | 83 | 10 | / |
| Nobawi | 83 | 7 | / |
| Newawi | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nowewi | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nowavi | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nowowi | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nawawie | 77 | 59 | / |
| Nahwawi | 77 | 53 | / |
| Hnawawi | 77 | 28 | / |
| Nouwavi | 77 | 24 | / |
| Nawawai | 77 | 12 | / |
| Noibawi | 77 | 8 | / |
| Nawawiy | 77 | 4 | / |
| Nowaawe | 77 | 3 | / |
| Nawawii | 77 | 3 | / |
| Nawaawi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nouwabi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nawawei | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nawawio | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nowaway | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nawawy | 67 | 804 | / |
| Nawawe | 67 | 275 | / |
| Nowewe | 67 | 202 | / |
| Nawawa | 67 | 101 | / |
| Nawavi | 67 | 61 | / |
| Nawewi | 67 | 44 | / |
| Nawobi | 67 | 10 | / |
| Nuwawa | 67 | 5 | / |
| Nowabe | 67 | 3 | / |
| Nuwawe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nevawi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Navawi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Novavi | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Nowawi
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis