Niswan Surname

602,749th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 515 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Maldives

Niswan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Niswan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia4381:301,93926,782
United Arab Emirates391:234,93015,673
Qatar161:147,37516,023
Maldives81:50,5222,455
Malaysia51:5,898,845196,803
Pakistan51:35,728,777102,388
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784

Niswan (1,312) may also be a first name.

Niswan Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Niswan Come From? nationality or country of origin

Niswan (Hindi: निसवां) is carried by more people in Indonesia than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Niswan? popularity and diffusion

The last name Niswan is the 602,749th most commonly used last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 14,150,575 people. The surname Niswan occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Niswan live; 86 percent live in Southeast Asia and 86 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Niswan is also the 217,076th most commonly used first name globally, borne by 1,312 people.

The surname is most common in Indonesia, where it is carried by 438 people, or 1 in 301,939. In Indonesia Niswan is most numerous in: West Kalimantan, where 33 percent are found, Jakarta, where 25 percent are found and Central Java, where 22 percent are found. Other than Indonesia this last name exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in The United Arab Emirates, where 8 percent are found and Qatar, where 3 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nishwan9215/
Nishwaan861/
Nisban8311/
Nisuan837/
Neswan837/
Nisswandt8014/
Nishwatin805/
Neiswandt801/
Nisuang77231/
Naisuan7732/
Nitsuan7711/
Niswong7710/
Neshwan775/
Nishban773/
Nissban771/
Nisvaan771/
Nisvand771/
Nizwaan771/
Noisuan771/
Netswang7118/
Nesswang714/
Neschwan711/
Nesvan6710/
Nissvandt675/
Nizuan674/
Nezwan671/
Neuschwan671/
Nesvang6215/
Nessvan622/
Neesban621/
Nisuong621/
Nesvand621/
Nishbon621/
Nedsuan621/
Nichuang577/
Naichuan572/
Neichuan571/
Nezuan509/
Nesvam501/

Niswan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Niswan in the Hindi language
निसवांnisavam-

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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 Niswan
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