Nowes Surname

4,034,050th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 24 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Nowes Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nowes Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea111:741,24783,447
United States101:36,245,893832,629
England11:55,718,059489,080
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England51:4,875,074116,529
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Nowes Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nowes is more frequently found in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Nowes click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nowes? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 4,034,050th most commonly occurring family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 303,647,746 people. The surname occurs mostly in Oceania, where 46 percent of Nowes are found; 46 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 46 percent are found in Papuan Oceania.

This last name is most prevalent in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 11 people, or 1 in 741,247. In Papua New Guinea Nowes is most prevalent in: West Sepik, where 45 percent live, Milne Bay, where 36 percent live and Bougainville, where 9 percent live. Apart from Papua New Guinea Nowes exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 42 percent live and England, where 4 percent live.

Nowes Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Nowes has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Nowes surname increased 333 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it contracted 80 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Nowes Last Name Statistics demography

Nowes earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 77.39% more than the national average, earning $76,542 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nowese911/
Nowezs911/
Noes89902/
Noweiss831/
Noyes8015,508/
Nobes801,974/
Noves80634/
Nowis80132/
Newes8078/
Noess8068/
Nawes8052/
Nojes8016/
Ngoes8013/
Nuwes809/
Nowej808/
Noues803/
Noies802/
Nowez802/
Noesh801/
Noweishe771/
Nowysz73126/
Naioes73125/
Novess73111/
Nowisz7377/
Nobess7323/
Nawese7321/
Newies7318/
Novies7318/
Nawees7315/
Noives7310/
Ngawes739/
Noesch736/
Nojies736/
Nawies736/
Novets734/
Neuwes733/
Noveas733/
Noveis733/
Nawess733/
Nuwest733/
Nowais732/
Noyese732/
Naoues732/
Novese731/
Nojees731/
Nouves731/
Noeves731/
Newwes731/
Nowise731/
Novest731/
Naweis731/
Noubes731/
Newess731/
Noevis731/
Nouies731/
Noobes731/
Nogies731/
Nouess731/
Noyesh731/
Novges731/
Novesh731/
Nawesh731/
Nouyes730/
Nouese730/
Nies679,290/
Neis677,508/
Nees674,969/
Neus671,933/
Neas671,621/
Neys671,389/
Naes671,230/
Nues67353/
Noez67273/
Nois67249/
Nous67218/
Nowaish6744/
Naweshe6734/
Noys6732/
Notvest6714/
Nyes6710/
Nejs672/
Noywech671/
Noohies671/
Nouvesh671/
Neweass670/

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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 Nowes
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