Niway Surname
Approximately 2,256 people bear this surname
Niway Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 2,254 | 1:43,277 | 4,742 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Niway (1,627) may also be a first name.
Niway Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Niway Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Niway is found most in Ethiopia. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Niway? popularity and diffusion
It is the 187,487th most prevalent family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,230,295 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Niway are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 100 percent are found in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 191,316th most commonly occurring first name worldwide, held by 1,627 people.
The surname Niway is most commonly occurring in Ethiopia, where it is carried by 2,254 people, or 1 in 43,277. Besides Ethiopia this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in India, where 0 percent live and Sweden, where 0 percent live.
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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 Niway
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