Nurwan Surname

883,255th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 305 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Indonesia

Nurwan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nurwan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia3021:437,91136,610
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Nurwan (1,497) may also be a first name.

Nurwan Last Name Facts

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

Nurwan is borne by more people in Indonesia than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Nurwan click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nurwan? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 883,255th most numerous family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 23,893,593 people. Nurwan occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Nurwan live; 99 percent live in Southeast Asia and 99 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 200,983rd most prevalent first name internationally, held by 1,497 people.

The surname is most common in Indonesia, where it is borne by 302 people, or 1 in 437,911. In Indonesia it is most prevalent in: West Java, where 28 percent live, Central Java, where 20 percent live and North Sumatra, where 9 percent live. Without taking into account Indonesia Nurwan occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Japan, where 0 percent live and Nigeria, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ngurwan9221/
Nuerwan928/
Nurwain925/
Nourwane861/
Nirwan833,127/
Nurban8369/
Nurvan8330/
Norwan8319/
Nurwon8319/
Nuruan835/
Nourwanne801/
Nurbain7778/
Nuruang7765/
Nurvain776/
Noorwan771/
Nurzuan771/
Nurbhan771/
Nirwain771/
Nguruan771/
Nourban771/
Nutruang716/
Hnuruang714/
Nourvand712/
Nirvan673,394/
Norwon6748/
Niruan673/
Nuruam671/
Noruan671/
Noorvan6211/
Norruan626/
Norzuan623/
Nirvaan623/
Nirvann622/
Norwoon622/
Nooruan621/
Nirvanh621/
Norwein621/

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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 Nurwan
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