Niwen Surname
Approximately 42 people bear this surname
Niwen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 26 | 1:5,086,507 | 239,866 |
| Thailand | 8 | 1:8,829,793 | 476,604 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
The alternate forms: Niwén (3) are calculated separately.
Niwen (859) may also be a first name.
Niwen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Niwen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Niwen has its highest incidence in Indonesia. It may also appear as: Niwén. For other potential spellings of Niwen click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Niwen? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,017,195th most prevalent last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 173,512,998 people. The surname Niwen occurs predominantly in Asia, where 86 percent of Niwen live; 81 percent live in Southeast Asia and 62 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Niwen is also the 277,821st most frequently occurring given name internationally. It is borne by 859 people.
The surname is most widely held in Indonesia, where it is borne by 26 people, or 1 in 5,086,507. In Indonesia it is mostly found in: West Sumatra, where 100 percent reside. Excluding Indonesia this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Thailand, where 19 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 12 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niwén | 93 | 3 | / |
| Niwene | 91 | 32 | / |
| Naiwen | 91 | 5 | / |
| Niewen | 91 | 1 | / |
| Niwent | 91 | 1 | / |
| Noiwaen | 83 | 4 | / |
| Niewien | 83 | 1 | / |
| Neiween | 83 | 1 | / |
| Niben | 80 | 1,743 | / |
| Newen | 80 | 102 | / |
| Njwen | 80 | 54 | / |
| Nuwen | 80 | 53 | / |
| Niwin | 80 | 13 | / |
| Nywen | 80 | 4 | / |
| Niwem | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ngiuen | 73 | 253 | / |
| Newent | 73 | 9 | / |
| Naiben | 73 | 6 | / |
| Neuwen | 73 | 5 | / |
| Naiven | 73 | 4 | / |
| Newien | 73 | 2 | / |
| Njwene | 73 | 2 | / |
| Neween | 73 | 1 | / |
| Newene | 73 | 1 | / |
| Neiben | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nuwoen | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nyweng | 73 | 1 | / |
| Niwhne | 73 | 1 | / |
| Neiven | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nuhwen | 73 | 1 | / |
| Newhen | 73 | 1 | / |
| Naiwin | 73 | 1 | / |
| Newoen | 73 | 1 | / |
| Newean | 73 | 0 | / |
| Neewen | 73 | 0 | / |
| Newn | 67 | 142 | / |
| Neiweem | 67 | 112 | / |
| Neuwien | 67 | 23 | / |
| Niwaine | 67 | 7 | / |
| Nhaiben | 67 | 4 | / |
| Nevn | 67 | 4 | / |
| Nebn | 67 | 2 | / |
| N'Niwin | 67 | 1 | / |
| Neweent | 67 | 1 | / |
| Neswenn | 67 | 1 | / |
| Naiwing | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nhwn | 67 | 1 | / |
| Neiwind | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Niwen
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