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 surname Riwayat (Hindi: रिवायत, Marathi: िरवायत) is most common in Indonesia. It may also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Riwayat? popularity and diffusion

Riwayat is the 657,184th most frequently used last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 15,911,672 people. The surname Riwayat occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Riwayat live; 95 percent live in Southeast Asia and 95 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Riwayat is also the 208,047th most widespread first name at a global level. It is borne by 1,410 people.

The last name Riwayat is most common in Indonesia, where it is held by 433 people, or 1 in 305,425. In Indonesia Riwayat is most frequent in: East Java, where 19 percent are found, West Java, where 17 percent are found and North Maluku, where 16 percent are found. Excluding Indonesia this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in The United Arab Emirates, where 2 percent are found and Taiwan, where 2 percent are found.

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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