# Nawaz (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/nawaz/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Urdu.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Urdu |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,208 |
| US rank (2010) | 21,599 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 255,584 people |
| Change since 2000 | +72% (703 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Urdu نواز (nvāz).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Nawaz in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 5.6% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 88% |
| Two or more races | 4.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Nawaz in the United Kingdom.

## People named Nawaz

- Maajid Nawaz, British activist (born 1977)

## Similar surnames

Naas, Nash, Ngo, Ng, Nix, Nowak, Nagy, Ness, Noyes, Newhouse, Nowicki, Neese.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.