Naiwa Surname
Approximately 365 people bear this surname
Naiwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 146 | 1:55,847 | 7,111 |
| Niger | 94 | 1:204,170 | 6,863 |
| Nigeria | 85 | 1:2,084,032 | 72,421 |
| Uganda | 29 | 1:1,346,182 | 51,611 |
| Indonesia | 6 | 1:22,041,532 | 555,748 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Naiwa (670) may also be a first name.
Naiwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Naiwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Naiwa (Arabic: نايوه) is most common in Papua New Guinea. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Naiwa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 777,192nd most prevalent family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 19,965,879 people. Naiwa is primarily found in Africa, where 58 percent of Naiwa are found; 49 percent are found in West Africa and 40 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 320,531st most widely held given name on earth, borne by 670 people.
This last name is most numerous in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 146 people, or 1 in 55,847. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily found in: East Sepik, where 60 percent are found, West Sepik, where 24 percent are found and Madang, where 6 percent are found. Excluding Papua New Guinea it exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 26 percent are found and Nigeria, where 23 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Naiwa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Naiwa in the Arabic language | ||
| نايوه | naywh | - |
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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
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- 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 Naiwa
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