Nuvu Surname

3,798,600th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 27 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Nuvu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nuvu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea201:407,68653,132
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

Nuvu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nuvu (Hindi: नूवू) is found most in Papua New Guinea. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nuvu? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,798,600th most numerous last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 269,909,108 people. The last name Nuvu occurs mostly in Oceania, where 74 percent of Nuvu are found; 74 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 74 percent are found in Papuan Oceania.

The last name Nuvu is most widely held in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 20 people, or 1 in 407,686. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily found in: Morobe, where 95 percent live and Jiwaka, where 5 percent live. Other than Papua New Guinea it occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Egypt, where 15 percent live and Nigeria, where 7 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nguvu891,212/
Nuvus8946/
Nuvau891/
Neuvu891/
Nouvu891/
Nuvuu891/
Neuveu8023/
Nouvou805/
Nouvus801/
Nuvout801/
Nouvgu801/
Nubu75108/
Nuwu7554/
Nivu759/
Neuveux7369/
Neuveut7314/
Ngouvou733/
Nouvouh731/
Ngubu672,863/
Nhubu67711/
Nubut6760/
Nivuh6722/
Nuvoo6713/
Nuwui6713/
Naubu679/
Nuubu676/
Nievu676/
Numpu676/
Nuwus675/
Nunpu674/
Nuwut674/
Noubu673/
Noevu672/
Nubuh671/
Nuwuh671/
Nubhu671/
Nuwou671/
Nubud671/
Nuwud671/

Nuvu Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Nuvu in the Hindi language
नूवूnuvu-

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Footnotes

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Nuvu
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