Nivai Surname
Approximately 23 people bear this surname
Nivai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 16 | 1:4,798,908 | 119,068 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Nivai (145) may also be a first name.
Nivai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nivai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nivai (Hindi: निवई, Marathi: िनवाई) is carried by more people in Iran than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nivai? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 4,116,508th most prevalent family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 316,849,822 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 87 percent of Nivai reside; 87 percent reside in South Asia and 70 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 766,399th most numerous first name in the world. It is borne by 145 people.
Nivai is most commonly occurring in Iran, where it is held by 16 people, or 1 in 4,798,908. In Iran Nivai is most frequent in: Gilan Province, where 63 percent reside and Tehran Province, where 38 percent reside. Apart from Iran it occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in India, where 17 percent reside and Germany, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Nivai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nivai in the Marathi language | ||
| िनवाई | inava'i | - |
| Nivai in the Hindi language | ||
| निवई | niva'i | 54.05 |
| निवाई | niva'i | 40.54 |
| निवाइ | niva'i | 2.7 |
| निवइ | niva'i | 2.7 |
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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 Nivai
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