Riwayat Surname

657,184th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 458 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Indonesia

Riwayat Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Riwayat Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia4331:305,42527,056
United Arab Emirates111:832,93427,512
Taiwan81:2,930,59317,989
Pakistan61:29,773,98192,487

Riwayat (1,410) may also be a first name.

Riwayat Last Name Facts

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

The last name Riwayat (Hindi: रिवायत, Marathi: िरवायत) has its highest incidence in Indonesia. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Riwayat? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 657,184th most prevalent family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 15,911,672 people. The surname is primarily found in Asia, where 100 percent of Riwayat reside; 95 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 95 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Riwayat is also the 208,047th most frequently used forename on earth. It is borne by 1,410 people.

The surname is most widely held in Indonesia, where it is carried by 433 people, or 1 in 305,425. In Indonesia Riwayat is most numerous in: East Java, where 19 percent live, West Java, where 17 percent live and North Maluku, where 16 percent live. Aside from Indonesia it exists in 3 countries. It is also found in The United Arab Emirates, where 2 percent live and Taiwan, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Riswayat934/
Ruwayat8615/
Rivayat862/
Riwayet862/
Riswajat8019/
Ruhwayat8013/
Raybaut7183/
Rebiyat714/
Riswait711/
Rivayad711/
Raiweat711/
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Riwayat Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Riwayat in the Hindi language
रिवायतrivayata-
Riwayat in the Marathi language
िरवायतiravayata-

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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 Riwayat
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