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 surname Nowra is found most in Australia. It can also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nowra? popularity and diffusion

The last name Nowra is the 6,063,924th most frequent family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. This surname is mostly found in Oceania, where 40 percent of Nowra are found; 40 percent are found in Australasia and 40 percent are found in Australia and New Zealand. Nowra is also the 2,446,817th most widely held first name throughout the world, borne by 20 people.

It is most commonly used in Australia, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 6,748,925. In Australia Nowra is primarily found in: New South Wales, where 100 percent live. Beside Australia this surname is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 20 percent live and Poland, where 20 percent live.

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/

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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 Nowra
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