Nuraw Surname

5,587,209th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Somalia
Highest density in:
Somalia

Nuraw Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nuraw Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Somalia91:1,494,6733,608
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861

Nuraw (12) may also be a first name.

Nuraw Last Name Facts

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

Nuraw occurs in Somalia more than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Nuraw.

How Common Is The Last Name Nuraw? popularity and diffusion

The last name Nuraw is the 5,587,209th most widely held last name internationally, held by around 1 in 607,295,493 people. The last name Nuraw is mostly found in Africa, where 92 percent of Nuraw are found; 83 percent are found in East Africa and 83 percent are found in Cushitic Africa. It is also the 3,306,491st most numerous forename world-wide It is held by 12 people.

The last name is most prevalent in Somalia, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 1,494,673. Apart from Somalia this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 8 percent live and Nigeria, where 8 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nguraw911/
Nuuraw911/
Nurow807,564/
Nurab8056/
Noraw8010/
Niraw807/
Nurav805/
Nuraf801/
Nurova7339,947/
Nuurow73885/
Nurrow73480/
Nuraif7323/
Nurhab7316/
Nurabh733/
Nurowt732/
Nusraf732/
Nurowa732/
Naurav732/
Ngurav731/
Norraw731/
Nurhaf731/
Nurayv731/
Nuraib731/
Naurova6773/
Neurova6730/
Nurhaib678/
Nngurav671/
Nurgaiv671/
Nourova671/

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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 Nuraw
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