Nowsher Surname

433,610th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 793 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Bangladesh
Highest density in:
Bangladesh

Nowsher Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nowsher Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Bangladesh7211:221,0227,250
Iran521:1,476,58759,047
United Arab Emirates81:1,145,28440,289
Pakistan51:35,728,777102,388
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Nowsher (1,612) may also be a first name.

Nowsher Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nowsher is carried by more people in Bangladesh than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nowsher? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 433,610th most commonly held surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 9,189,844 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Nowsher reside; 99 percent reside in South Asia and 98 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. Nowsher is also the 192,433rd most frequently occurring given name worldwide, borne by 1,612 people.

This last name is most frequently used in Bangladesh, where it is borne by 721 people, or 1 in 221,022. Barring Bangladesh Nowsher exists in 7 countries. It is also found in Iran, where 7 percent live and The United Arab Emirates, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nowsheer932/
Nowser925/
Nawsher863/
Nawsheer801/
Newser770/
Nawshir71570/
Nofsier712/
Navsher711/
Noubser711/
Nofsser710/
Nofsger710/
Nawchere671/
Neufsher670/
Novsir622/
Nafseer5712/
Navshir572/
Nawzeer571/
Nabseer571/
Nafsger570/
Nafcher570/
Nawchire532/

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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 Nowsher
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