Nowra Surname

6,063,924th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Australia

Nowra Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nowra Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia41:6,748,925181,100
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Nowra (20) may also be a first name.

Nowra Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nowra is borne by more people in Australia than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nowra? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 6,063,924th most frequently used last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 728,754,592 people. The last name is mostly found in Oceania, where 40 percent of Nowra live; 40 percent live in Australasia and 40 percent live in Australia and New Zealand. It is also the 2,446,817th most frequently used given name world-wide. It is borne by 20 people.

Nowra is most frequently occurring in Australia, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 6,748,925. In Australia it is mostly concentrated in: New South Wales, where 100 percent reside. Excluding Australia it is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 20 percent reside and Poland, where 20 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nowraj911/
Nawra80202/
Nowry80136/
Novra8057/
Nobra8041/
Newra807/
Nowri802/
Nowre802/
Nowro801/
Nowrot731,108/
Newray73134/
Nowrey7352/
Nowrie7328/
Nobrea735/
Nawrah733/
Nawraj732/
Nowros732/
Nowryi731/
Nuwrat731/
Nuwrai731/
Nowrót731/
Nowrit731/
Neewra731/
Newrai731/
Neewray67524/
Nowroth67167/
Nawrahh674/
Nhowryt671/
Newrajh671/
Nouwroz671/
Nowrood671/
Nowrodt670/

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

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 Nowra
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis