Nuv Surname

75,396th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,510 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cambodia
Highest density in:
Cambodia

Nuv Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nuv Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cambodia6,4991:2,383488
Thailand81:8,829,793476,604
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Nuv (1,220) may also be a first name.

Nuv Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nuv (Marathi: नूव, Russian: Нув) is found in Cambodia more than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nuv? popularity and diffusion

The surname Nuv is the 75,396th most frequent surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,119,439 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Nuv live; 100 percent live in Southeast Asia and 100 percent live in Khmer-Asia. It is also the 226,593rd most frequently occurring first name globally, borne by 1,220 people.

This surname is most prevalent in Cambodia, where it is held by 6,499 people, or 1 in 2,383. In Cambodia it is primarily found in: Battambang Province, where 13 percent are found, Phnom Penh, where 12 percent are found and Banteay Meanchey Province, where 10 percent are found. Barring Cambodia it is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Thailand, where 0 percent are found and India, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nouv861,363/
Nguv86136/
Nauv8610/
Neuv862/
Nujv861/
Nuvz861/
Nuvs861/
Nuvh861/
Nuhv861/
Ngauv7558/
Ngouv7523/
Nhouv751/
Hnguv751/
Nub672,027/
Nup67139/
Nuf6764/
Nupova676/
Nuw674/
Nuhiev672/
Nuvová671/
Nufova671/

Nuv Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Nuv in the Marathi language
नूवnuva-
Nuv in the Russian language
Нувnuv-

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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 Nuv
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