Niwat Surname

398,988th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 882 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Thailand
Highest density in:
Thailand

Niwat Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Niwat Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Thailand8331:84,80011,609
Taiwan401:586,1194,335
Papua New Guinea51:1,630,743129,019
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Niwat (54,741) may also be a first name.

Niwat Last Name Facts

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

The surname Niwat (Oriya: ନିଆତ) occurs most in Thailand. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Niwat? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 398,988th most widely held surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 8,262,524 people. Niwat occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Niwat are found; 95 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 94 percent are found in Tai-Asia. It is also the 17,116th most commonly held first name in the world, borne by 54,741 people.

The last name Niwat is most frequently occurring in Thailand, where it is carried by 833 people, or 1 in 84,800. In Thailand it is most prevalent in: Sisaket Province, where 38 percent reside, Chachoengsao Province, where 19 percent reside and Chonburi Province, where 19 percent reside. Barring Thailand this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Taiwan, where 5 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Niwate91502/
Naiwat91321/
Noiwat91143/
Niwait911/
Niewat911/
Niwaate835/
Niwathe831/
Naiwath831/
Nibat80323/
Nuwat80154/
Nivat8068/
Newat8032/
Niwad8023/
Niwot803/
Nivate734,291/
Noibat73293/
Neewat7371/
Nivaut7341/
Naivat7326/
Nibaut7323/
Newatt7320/
Neiwot7316/
Nievat737/
Nuwatt737/
Nibhat737/
Newath735/
Naibat734/
Newate733/
Naywat732/
Nuibat732/
Niwaad732/
Newadt732/
Nibait731/
Neuwat731/
Nisvat731/
Noywat731/
Newast730/
Niewójt67292/
Nivathe6753/
Niewoit6733/
Niewojt6718/
Nivaate6711/
Noibaht6710/
Neshwat679/
Neewatt674/
Noibath673/
Naibhat671/
Nivhate671/
Nivatte671/
Nivahat671/
Nishvat671/
Naivath671/
Naivate671/
Niveaut671/
Neewath671/
Newhatt670/

Niwat Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Niwat in the Oriya language
ନିଆତni'ata-

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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 Niwat
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