Nows Surname

1,943,350th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 92 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Poland

Nows Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nows Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany301:2,683,515132,064
Poland231:1,652,55491,394
United States221:16,475,406557,260
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
Morocco41:8,619,02573,251
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128

Nows Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nows occurs more in Germany more than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nows? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,943,350th most commonly held surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 79,212,456 people. Nows is predominantly found in Europe, where 61 percent of Nows reside; 33 percent reside in Western Europe and 33 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most numerous in Germany, where it is held by 30 people, or 1 in 2,683,515. In Germany it is mostly found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 43 percent are found, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, where 30 percent are found and Brandenburg, where 7 percent are found. Outside of Germany Nows is found in 10 countries. It is also common in Poland, where 25 percent are found and The United States, where 24 percent are found.

Nows Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Nows last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 100% being registered with the party.

Nows earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 10.17% more than the national average, earning $47,536 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nouws89629/
Nowsh8938/
Novws891/
Nowse891/
Nowsch8027/
Nowshe808/
Nowssh801/
Nobs751,736/
News75396/
Nofs75123/
Naws7521/
Novs757/
Nowz751/
Nuws751/
Nowsova731/
Noffs6778/
Nauws6715/
Neews6710/
Nawse672/
Nawsh672/
Nnobs672/
Ngowz671/
Noufs671/
Nnaws671/
Nawsz671/
Nofsz670/

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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 Nows
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