Niwi Surname

866,642nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 313 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Niwi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Niwi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia1721:768,89158,769
Papua New Guinea1041:78,40110,308
Iran321:2,399,45479,639
Nigeria41:44,285,690437,567
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742

Niwi (1,046) may also be a first name.

Niwi Last Name Facts

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

Niwi is carried by more people in Indonesia than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Niwi? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 866,642nd most widespread surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 23,282,894 people. The last name Niwi is primarily found in Asia, where 63 percent of Niwi reside; 53 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 53 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 247,650th most commonly held given name throughout the world, borne by 1,046 people.

Niwi is most widely held in Indonesia, where it is held by 172 people, or 1 in 768,891. In Indonesia it is most common in: East Java, where 94 percent live, Papua, where 3 percent live and Maluku, where 2 percent live. Excluding Indonesia Niwi occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 33 percent live and Iran, where 10 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Niwai89298/
Noiwi8914/
Nihwi8911/
Niwei8910/
Naiwi8910/
Gniwi892/
Noiwoi80117/
Naiwai8028/
Niowei8010/
Nuijwi808/
Niewei802/
Naiwei801/
Niwait801/
Niswis801/
Niweih801/
Niwa7559,535/
Nibi75355/
Nivi75313/
Newi75260/
Nuwi75114/
Niwe75105/
Nhwi755/
Njwi753/
Niwj751/
Ngniwih731/
Naibi675,770/
Niway672,256/
Noibi67499/
Naiwa67365/
Niboi67348/
Nivio67119/
Njwie6753/
Neibi6748/
Newie6738/
Naivi6737/
Niewa6736/
Gniwisch6728/
Nibai6728/
Nehwi6725/
Nivai6723/
Naiwe6722/
Noiwa6718/
Newiy6711/
Niwaj6711/
Najwi6711/
Nnewi6711/
Nisvi6710/
Nuibi6710/
Niewe6710/
Näwie679/
Nevii678/
Nivis678/
Nuwie678/
Gnivi677/
Nibhi677/
Nivit676/
Nivie676/
Nibei676/
Niwaa675/
Nijui675/
Nihui675/
Neiwe675/
Neewi674/
Nievi674/
Gniwe674/
Nuuwi673/
Nhiwa673/
Nivih672/
Neuwi672/
Newii672/
Neiwa672/
Nibih672/
Nibij672/
Ngivi672/
Niwea671/
Nuiwa671/
Niwey671/
Niwee671/
Neivi671/
Niwge671/
Nuwii671/
Niviy671/
Neawi671/
Nivid671/
Nivoi671/
Niweh671/
Nihwe671/
Noivi671/
Nhibi671/
Naiui671/
Noiwy671/
Nijvi671/

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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 Niwi
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