Nurow Surname

65,972nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7,564 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Nurow Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nurow Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya5,9831:7,7191,023
Somalia1,5681:8,579636
Kazakhstan41:4,420,624134,293
Turkmenistan41:1,372,2786,164
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Nurow (6,241) may also be a first name.

Nurow Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nurow is borne by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Nurow.

How Common Is The Last Name Nurow? popularity and diffusion

It is the 65,972nd most common family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 963,451 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nurow live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 98 percent live in Cushitic Africa. It is also the 83,522nd most frequent given name throughout the world It is held by 6,241 people.

This surname is most commonly held in Kenya, where it is held by 5,983 people, or 1 in 7,719. In Kenya it is most numerous in: Mandera County, where 77 percent are found, Wajir County, where 15 percent are found and Marsabit County, where 3 percent are found. Not including Kenya this surname is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in Somalia, where 21 percent are found and Kazakhstan, where 0 percent are found.

Nurow Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is chiefly Muslim (96%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nuurow91885/
Nurrow91480/
Nurowt912/
Nurowa912/
Nurov8040,166/
Nuraw8012/
Norow805/
Nuruw801/
Nurof801/
Nurova7339,947/
Noorow73941/
Norrow7384/
Naurov7378/
Neurov7369/
Norzow7312/
Nierow7311/
Nutrov734/
Nuroff734/
Nourov733/
Nnorow732/
Noroow732/
Nuroev731/
Nguraw731/
Nuuraw731/
Nurovs731/
Naurzov6785/
Naurova6773/
Neurova6730/
Nurroif6721/
Nurrouf675/
Nauruov672/
Nouroub671/
Neuroph671/
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 Nurow
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