Nau is used as a family name or surname in France. It is 3 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Nau
No. of characters: 3
Origin: France
Meaning: Last name most often encountered in Moselle and Touraine. The meaning is not the same across the regions in Moselle, this is probably a variant of Neu (German neu = new), denoting one who is new to the village. In Touraine, it is a local variant of Christmas Christian name. The report with a boat (former nau French, German Naue) seems unlikely.

How popular is Nau?

Nau is common in France.

Nau is ranked 24299 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Naus grew by 12.85501 per cent to 3020 since 2000 and ranked 10603 after elevating 309 spots. The last name was found in around 10 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 78.54 80.49
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 8.18 7.4
Black 7.12 6.69
Hispanic or Latino 3.84 3.18
Nau is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Tonga is ahead in terms of density. Around 21112 people have been found who wears Nau as their family name. Nau is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
83,734 Belarus9
10,542 China4
3,608 Maldives4
2,113 Taiwan3
70,383 Tanzania3
16,605 Austria3
26,321 Israel3
108,034 Italy3
26,532 Chile2
21,529 Singapore2
41,879 Turkey2
18,625 Japan2
14,521 Portugal2
7,299 Estonia2
2,151 Fiji2
19,093 Finland2
28,232 Morocco2
28,083 Romania2
35,969 Denmark2
12,844 Pakistan2
8,181 Botswana1
30,360 Thailand1
4,999 Papua New Guinea1
37,779 Serbia1
48,575 Azerbaijan1
174,544 Czech Republic1
90,903 Moldova1
12,741 Ecuador1
15,705 Cameroon1
8,500 Dominican Republic1
53,033 Nigeria1
107,212 South Africa1
13,606 Senegal1
16,640 Hong Kong1
58,885 Poland1
66,560 Philippines1
28,365 Kenya1
47,891 Norway1
2,078 Lesotho1
16,283 Lithuania1
5,872 Namibia1
2,057 Myanmar1
8,268 Mauritius1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
32,942 Uzbekistan1
83,428 United Arab Emirates1
77,122 Sweden1
1,005 The Gambia1
11,831 Tajikistan1
7,895 South Korea1
1,433 Sierra Leone1
38,841 Scotland1
6,967 Macedonia1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
33,012 Belgium45
36,533 Zimbabwe32
17,064 New Zealand31
2,645 Luxembourg26
78,557 Netherlands13
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
13,957 Switzerland81
33,507 Kazakhstan72
35,454 Australia61
38,900 Spain56
3 Wallis and Futuna55
64,420 England54
Countries with hundreds of Nau:
37,265 India915
16,005 Brazil827
17 Tonga477
60,058 Russia226
26,800 Argentina194
10,151 Malaysia177
29,230 Canada115
46,496 Ukraine109
27,127 Mexico105
167 New Caledonia103
Countries with thousands of Nau:
10,112 United States3,610
4,296 Indonesia3,358
2,647 Germany3,228
824 Vietnam2,981
720 Haiti2,223
4,413 France1,849
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Nau is a name of noon, represents the Occitan shaped nave nickname boatman.

Nau Namesakes

  • Gellu Naum, Poet
  • Adila Rafa Naura Ayu, Riafinola Ifani Sari's daughter
  • Friedrich Naumann, German Politician
  • Elisabeth Nauclér, Politician
  • Bruno Albano Naughton, Musician
  • Rene Naufahu, Actor
  • Alita Naughton, Actress
  • Georg Amadeus Carl Friedrich Naumann, Mineralogist
  • Ameera Naura Fatanah, Sefti Sanustika's daughter
  • Amira Faith Naugles, Lisa Nicole Cloud's daughter

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