Niwae Surname

552,088th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 578 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Thailand
Highest density in:
Thailand

Niwae Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Niwae Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Thailand5691:124,14518,685
Malaysia61:4,915,704170,578
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010

Niwae (121) may also be a first name.

Niwae Last Name Facts

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

The last name Niwae is more frequently found in Thailand than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Niwae? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 552,088th most common family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 12,608,211 people. The last name Niwae is predominantly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Niwae live; 99 percent live in Southeast Asia and 98 percent live in Tai-Asia. It is also the 848,089th most frequent forename on earth, held by 121 people.

This last name is most widely held in Thailand, where it is held by 569 people, or 1 in 124,145. In Thailand it is most common in: Narathiwat Province, where 47 percent reside, Pattani Province, where 36 percent reside and Yala Province, where 6 percent reside. Excluding Thailand Niwae occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 1 percent reside and Sweden, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Naiwae917/
Niwaahe831/
Niwaesh831/
Newae8037/
Nivae802/
Naibae7344/
Nyowae7321/
Neiwoe736/
Nivahe735/
Naiweu733/
Neivae731/
Newaer731/
Nivaet731/
Najwaee6723/
Naivaez672/
Niewoua672/
Niweaha671/
Nibheae671/

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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 Niwae
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