Riwata Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

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

Riwata Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Riwata Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea61:1,358,953118,663
Guam11:160,1214,893
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Riwata Last Name Facts

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

The last name Riwata (Tibetan: རི་ཝ་ཏི་) is more frequently found in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Riwata? popularity and diffusion

It is the 6,360,413th most frequently held last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. The surname Riwata occurs mostly in Oceania, where 78 percent of Riwata live; 78 percent live in Oceania Islands and 67 percent live in Papuan Oceania.

This surname is most common in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 1,358,953. In Papua New Guinea Riwata is most frequent in: Bougainville, where 100 percent live. Beside Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Guam, where 11 percent live and Indonesia, where 11 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Riwaita9215/
Riswata9211/
Rivata83225/
Ribata83184/
Riwati83173/
Ruwata8344/
Riwate8335/
Rewata837/
Riwato831/
Rievata77142/
Raiwati7734/
Rivatta7726/
Ribauta7714/
Rihwati779/
Riwatih778/
Rewatha775/
Riwotta775/
Riwatho774/
Ruwaita774/
Riwatee771/
Riwater770/
Ribaitha7116/
Ruwaitea711/
Raiwatie711/
Ribota67555/
Rewati67515/
Riveta67343/
Rebata67327/
Rivota67195/
Rivato67191/
Revata67161/
Ruvata6789/
Ribate6742/
Riwoto6717/
Rivate6716/
Reweta6711/
Rivati6710/
Rewate678/
Ruweta671/

Riwata Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Riwata in the Tibetan language
རི་ཝ་ཏི་riwati-

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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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  • 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 Riwata
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