Nwaz Surname
Approximately 1,824 people bear this surname
Nwaz Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 1,775 | 1:100,644 | 3,197 |
| India | 29 | 1:26,450,530 | 346,896 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
Nwaz (89) may also be a first name.
Nwaz Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nwaz Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nwaz is carried by more people in Pakistan than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nwaz? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 223,284th most commonly occurring last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 3,995,365 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Nwaz live; 99 percent live in South Asia and 98 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Nwaz is also the 1,011,231st most widespread first name throughout the world, held by 89 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Pakistan, where it is carried by 1,775 people, or 1 in 100,644. In Pakistan Nwaz is mostly concentrated in: Punjab, where 66 percent live, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 17 percent live and Sindh, where 14 percent live. Beside Pakistan it occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in India, where 2 percent live and Qatar, where 0 percent live.
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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 Nwaz
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