Nawaz
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Urdu نواز (nvāz).
Proper noun
Nawaz (plural Nawazes)
- A surname from Urdu.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Nawaz is the 21599th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1208 individuals. Nawaz is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (87.91%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Nawaz”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 653.