Nowo Surname

814,680th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 342 people bear this surname

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

Nowo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nowo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia1171:1,130,33581,024
DR Congo751:985,06164,020
Cameroon551:377,61933,137
Nigeria361:4,920,632129,434
Papua New Guinea231:354,50947,011
Pakistan201:8,932,19445,447
Benin71:1,476,51557,381
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
France11:66,422,722504,397
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Nowo (1,221) may also be a first name.

Nowo Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nowo occurs more in Indonesia more than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nowo? popularity and diffusion

Nowo is the 814,680th most frequently occurring surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 21,308,614 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 51 percent of Nowo live; 38 percent live in Central Africa and 38 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 226,494th most frequent given name on earth. It is borne by 1,221 people.

The last name is most frequent in Indonesia, where it is carried by 117 people, or 1 in 1,130,335. In Indonesia it is most frequent in: East Nusa Tenggara, where 60 percent are found, South Kalimantan, where 10 percent are found and Central Sulawesi, where 8 percent are found. Excluding Indonesia Nowo is found in 14 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 22 percent are found and Cameroon, where 16 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nouwo8959/
Nowoć8935/
Nowoj8928/
Nowou8914/
Nowod8910/
Nowoh897/
Nowoy895/
Nowuo895/
Nnowo894/
Nowgo894/
Nowoz892/
Nowoi892/
Noewo892/
Nowoo891/
Nuowo891/
Gnowo891/
Nohwo891/
Nowosz80182/
Noiwoi80117/
Nouwou8097/
Gnowou8012/
Nowosh809/
Gnowoi807/
Ngowou804/
Nowocz802/
Nowosd801/
Nouwoh801/
Nouwop801/
Nowoss801/
Novo7524,963/
Nowa757,367/
Nobo754,483/
Nawo75524/
Newo75191/
Nuwo7549/
Nowá753/
Ngouwou7320/
Nohiewo731/
Nouhwou731/
Gnoiwoj731/
Noywood730/
Novoa6777,167/
Ngovo671,004/
Nobou67686/
Nuovo67574/
Nawoi67542/
Nouvo67480/
Gnowa67381/
Noivo67379/
Novou67349/
Naboo67294/
Nouwa67245/
Noubo67215/
Nowah67162/
Nować67154/
Nnawo67122/
Nawoj67118/
Nobuo67111/
Nhovo6793/
Nowotsch6778/
Nnobo6767/
Navoo6765/
Novot6752/
Novoy6748/
Naewo6745/
Nhowa6742/
Gnawo6741/
Nawoo6739/
Noboi6735/
Noevo6735/
Novos6732/
Newoh6722/
Nawoh6722/
Novod6720/
Nobho6720/
Noboy6719/
Noiwa6718/
Noboo6715/
Nawou6714/
Nhobo6713/
Nuvoo6713/
Nawoy6712/
Nahwo6712/
Novoi6711/
Nawoz6710/
Noowa6710/
Nauwo679/
Nuwoh679/
Nooba678/
Nnovo677/
Nowha675/
Noova675/
Nowój675/
Nuboo674/
Nevoo674/
Nhawo673/
Nuwoi673/
Nohwa672/
Gnovo672/
Noybo672/
Novoz672/
Novoh672/
Newoo671/
Nuwou671/
Nnowa671/
Nnewo671/
Novuo671/
Noovo671/
Nohuo671/
Noibo671/
Nouuo671/
Nowau671/
Nowaś671/
Neuwo671/
Naawo671/
Newoi671/
Newwo671/
Nowwa671/
Noywa671/
Novoo671/
Nojwa671/

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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 Nowo
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