Nowir Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

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

Nowir Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nowir Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea71:1,164,817109,517
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403

Nowir (10) may also be a first name.

Nowir Last Name Facts

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

Nowir is found most frequently in Papua New Guinea. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Nowir? popularity and diffusion

Nowir is the 6,360,413th most commonly occurring family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. This last name occurs mostly in Oceania, where 78 percent of Nowir reside; 78 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 78 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 3,684,242nd most frequently used given name internationally, held by 10 people.

This last name is most widespread in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 1,164,817. In Papua New Guinea Nowir is mostly concentrated in: West Sepik, where 100 percent are found. Barring Papua New Guinea it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Egypt, where 11 percent are found and Qatar, where 11 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Noweir911,380/
Nowier91886/
Nohwir9126/
Nowair919/
Nouwir914/
Noiwirt831/
Nouwair831/
Nawir803,557/
Nower802,352/
Newir80278/
Novir8036/
Nobir807/
Nowre802/
Nawire735,703/
Noubir73344/
Nuwair73302/
Noweer73187/
Newair73160/
Novier73159/
Neweir73126/
Newier73122/
Nawwir7355/
Ngawir7339/
Noewer7310/
Nahwir739/
Nawior737/
Nowere736/
Noveir733/
Naboir732/
Novair731/
Navoir731/
Nuwier731/
Nosuir731/
Gnower730/
Nevoir730/
Neuwirt67314/
Noubair67307/
Nouvier67228/
Nowhere6783/
Nawaire6715/
Noyvirt6715/
Nuweisr673/
Nawuire672/
Naswire672/
Nauwire671/
Noyweer671/
Noivirt671/
Noyuirt671/
Noibair671/

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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 Nowir
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