Riwa Surname

108,618th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,285 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Riwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Riwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania3,6031:14,6941,911
Indonesia5091:259,82223,567
Japan561:2,282,93429,427
Papua New Guinea241:339,73845,241
Zimbabwe151:1,029,21663,831
United States141:25,889,924709,614
Solomon Islands131:44,6188,903
Kenya131:3,552,30039,474
Germany91:8,945,051266,530
India61:127,844,230863,365
England41:13,929,515290,718
Tunisia41:152,65617,743
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
Niger21:9,596,00886,358
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Riwa (1,453) may also be a first name.

Riwa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Riwa (Hindi: रिवा, Oriya: ରିୱା) is most common in Tanzania. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Riwa.

How Common Is The Last Name Riwa? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 108,618th most frequently used last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 1,700,711 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 85 percent of Riwa live; 84 percent live in East Africa and 84 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Riwa is also the 204,621st most prevalent first name on earth, borne by 1,453 people.

Riwa is most common in Tanzania, where it is held by 3,603 people, or 1 in 14,694. In Tanzania it is primarily concentrated in: Kilimanjaro Region, where 28 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 27 percent live and Arusha Region, where 11 percent live. Other than Tanzania Riwa exists in 22 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 12 percent live and Japan, where 1 percent live.

Riwa Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Riwa has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Riwa surname grew 1,400 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Riwa Last Name Statistics demography

Riwa earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 0.91% more than the national average, earning $43,542 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Raiwa89474/
Riwah89211/
Riwai8962/
Riwaj8913/
Riwwa898/
Reiwa897/
Rijwa895/
Rhiwa891/
Hriwa891/
Riewa891/
Roiwa891/
Riwaa891/
Ruiwa891/
Rriwa891/
Riwau891/
Raiwad8066/
Roiwas8015/
Riswai809/
Rijwai805/
Riwaaj805/
Raiwai802/
Rijwaa801/
Riwahe801/
Riwaja801/
Riva7574,285/
Riba7525,026/
Ruwa7514,253/
Rewa753,838/
Riwo75444/
Riwi75327/
Riwe75150/
Riwy754/
Rywa754/
Rjwa751/
Rishwah737/
Riswait731/
Raiweat731/
Rivas67852,781/
Rivai6710,409/
Rieva676,114/
Riewe672,002/
Rivaz671,782/
Rivay671,578/
Rivat671,255/
Ribau671,188/
Ribay67830/
Rajwa67574/
Rewah67450/
Rewaj67449/
Ribai67437/
Raiva67426/
Rivad67372/
Ruway67295/
Ruwah67258/
Reway67213/
Rijwi67182/
Ruiba67169/
Ribaj67167/
Hriba67162/
Rhiwi67138/
Rewai67137/
Roiba67127/
Reiva67117/
Rivha67107/
Ruiva67102/
Risva6791/
Raiwe6786/
Ribha6782/
Raiba6772/
Ruwai6762/
Rivea6761/
Rivau6750/
Riwou6746/
Roiva6745/
Reiba6743/
Ruhwa6742/
Rijva6737/
Rewha6735/
Riwhi6732/
Hriva6730/
Reiwy6729/
Rivah6729/
Ritva6727/
Rivaj6727/
Rhiba6723/
Riova6714/
Riwoo6714/
Reiwe6713/
Ruwwa6713/
Ribaa6713/
Ruuwa6711/
Roiwe678/
Riwid677/
Rhewa677/
Riwei677/
Ruwaa677/
Riwoi677/
Rihua676/
Rewaa676/
Ruwau675/
Raiwo675/
Rriba674/
Rivoa674/
Rihva674/
Rischway673/
Rhiwo673/
Risua673/
Rewau673/
Riwey672/
Rewea672/
Riwhe672/
Reuwa672/
Rijwe671/
Rywaj671/
Rehwa671/
Rijwo671/
Rivaa671/
Riwop671/
Rhiva671/
Raywa671/
Ruwha671/
Hrewa671/
Reawa671/
Rejwa671/
Rihwi671/
Ribea671/
Riweh671/
Roiua671/
Rzywa671/
Réway671/
Rzewa671/
Reiwo671/
Rhuwa671/
Riwoy671/
Ruiwe671/
Rewwa671/
Raiwi671/
Raiwy671/
Riwod671/

Riwa Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Riwa in the Oriya language
ରିୱାriwa-
Riwa in the Hindi language
रिवाriva75
रीवाriva25

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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 Riwa
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