Niw Surname
Approximately 60 people bear this surname
Niw Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taiwan | 51 | 1:459,701 | 3,496 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 1:5,898,845 | 196,803 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
Niw (73) may also be a first name.
Niw Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Niw Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Niw is found in Taiwan more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Niw? popularity and diffusion
The surname Niw is the 2,483,783rd most frequently occurring surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 121,459,099 people. This last name is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Niw reside; 85 percent reside in East Asia and 85 percent reside in Sino-East Asia. Niw is also the 1,134,117th most widely held given name internationally, held by 73 people.
The last name is most numerous in Taiwan, where it is held by 51 people, or 1 in 459,701. In Taiwan it is most numerous in: Chiayi County, where 69 percent are found, Taoyuan City, where 12 percent are found and Hsinchu County, where 8 percent are found. Besides Taiwan it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 8 percent are found and Thailand, where 7 percent are found.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Niw
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