Nowzar Surname

7,593,402nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Sweden

Nowzar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nowzar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Nowzar (34) may also be a first name.

Nowzar Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nowzar is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Nowzar? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 7,593,402nd most commonly held surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. Nowzar is predominantly found in Africa, where 33 percent of Nowzar reside; 33 percent reside in West Africa and 33 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Nowzar is also the 1,775,424th most commonly occurring first name in the world, held by 34 people.

This last name is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 88,571,379. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Lagos, where 100 percent reside. Other than Nigeria this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 33 percent reside and Iran, where 17 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nawzar839/
Nowsar833/
Nabzar67172/
Nawsar675/
Navzar671/
Nuwzor671/
Nafzgar6249/
Nauwzor621/
Nabzhar621/
Nowsour621/
Naftzgar572/
Newsorowa531/
Nafsar5031/
Navjar505/
Nawsor502/
Nabzor501/
Newsor501/

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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 Nowzar
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