Niwawa Surname

6,063,924th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Niwawa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Niwawa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia41:33,062,298643,618
Tanzania31:17,647,204107,932
Zimbabwe31:5,146,080115,446

Niwawa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Niwawa occurs in Indonesia more than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Niwawa? popularity and diffusion

The last name Niwawa is the 6,063,924th most common last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 728,754,592 people. The last name Niwawa occurs mostly in Africa, where 60 percent of Niwawa live; 40 percent live in Southeast Asia and 40 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia.

This surname is most frequently used in Indonesia, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 33,062,298. In Indonesia Niwawa is mostly found in: South Kalimantan, where 100 percent live. Aside from Indonesia it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 30 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 30 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Newawa83152/
Nuwawa835/
Niwawet77169/
Nuibawa771/
Naiwawo771/
Niwaaba771/
Niwawest715/
Nehwahwa712/
Njwaba6794/
Nivawy6749/
Nibaba6723/
Nivava6716/
Nywaba671/
Nywava671/
Niwoba671/
Newawi671/

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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 Niwawa
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