Nowry Surname

1,527,735th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 136 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Canada

Nowry Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nowry Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States931:3,897,408212,857
Canada421:877,27667,671
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland91:492,20716,355
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland31:1,247,73924,719
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States181:2,789,927129,797

Nowry Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nowry occurs more in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Nowry click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nowry? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,527,735th most commonly used surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 53,584,896 people. This last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 99 percent of Nowry are found; 99 percent are found in North America and 99 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

Nowry is most commonly held in The United States, where it is borne by 93 people, or 1 in 3,897,408. In The United States it is primarily found in: Illinois, where 44 percent live, Michigan, where 26 percent live and Florida, where 14 percent live. Outside of The United States it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 31 percent live and Saudi Arabia, where 1 percent live.

Nowry Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Nowry has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Nowry surname expanded 517 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Nowry Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Nowry surname is predominantly Catholic (67%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Nowry last name are 16.39% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 63.16% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Nowry earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 15.83% more than the national average, earning $49,980 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.37% more than the national average, earning $53,840 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nowrey9152/
Nowryi911/
Nhowryt831/
Newry80236/
Nawry80215/
Nowra8010/
Novry803/
Nowri802/
Nowre802/
Nobry801/
Newray73134/
Nowrie7328/
Nouvry733/
Neewry732/
Nowrit731/
Nowraj731/
Novrry731/
Newroy730/
Nobrey730/
Neewray67524/
Noevriy673/
Neewrey671/

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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 Nowry
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