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
Nivai (Hindi: निवई, Marathi: िनवाई) is borne by more people in Iran than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Nivai? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,116,508th most frequently occurring last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 316,849,822 people. This surname is mostly found in Asia, where 87 percent of Nivai live; 87 percent live in South Asia and 70 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Nivai is also the 766,399th most commonly used given name internationally, held by 145 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Iran, where it is borne by 16 people, or 1 in 4,798,908. In Iran it is most common in: Gilan Province, where 63 percent are found and Tehran Province, where 38 percent are found. Aside from Iran this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in India, where 17 percent are found and Germany, where 4 percent are found.
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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