Niaz

given name · Latin script

Meaning: $ Muslim name, from Persian: ‘prayer’, ‘gift’, or ‘offering’

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/ɲiəz/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Niaz is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Pakistan than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • PKPakistan≈1 in 3.5K(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 996K
  • AFAfghanistan≈1 in 4.8K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Niaz itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Pakistan (inferred from the name graph)

≈68,000 people, est.

2 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
171 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 3.5K (inferred from the name graph)

Pakistan, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

NiazLatin(measured from records)
ნიაზGeorgian(measured from records)

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

$ Muslim name, from Persian: ‘prayer’, ‘gift’, or ‘offering’. P

Sources 1

  • A concise dictionary of first names

Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Niaz counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Niaz is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
PK Pakistan#122≈68,000 est.≈1 in 3.5KlistedNiaz100
BD Bangladesh#921≈21,000 est.≈1 in 7.8K—Niaz68
AF Afghanistan—≈7,600 est.≈1 in 4.8K—Niaz18
AE United Arab Emirates—≈1,600 est.≈1 in 6.4K—Niaz1
CN China—≈1,200 est.≈1 in 1.2M—Niaz7
GE Georgia#624429as ნიაზ1 in 9.3K429Niaz12
US United States—3341 in 996K340Niaz171

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; Georgia PSDA/SDA civil-registry name statistics (per-token API). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Niaz is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Arabic given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Pakistan, Kuwait

    Also written Niaź, Ñiăz

  • Indonesian given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Pakistan, Malaysia, Indonesia, United Kingdom

    Languages: Indonesian, Malay

    Also written Ñíáz

  • Swahili given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Pakistan, United States, India, United Kingdom

    Also written Niăz

48 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

Informalہیلو Niaz،Hi Niaz, (English)

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 48 sources across 25 countries.

Official registers attesting Niaz
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020340#63,405
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010236#80,419
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000142#114,166
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 4

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

Where does the name Niaz come from?
$ Muslim name, from Persian: ‘prayer’, ‘gift’, or ‘offering’. P Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names.
How do you pronounce Niaz?
A machine transcription gives /ɲiəz/ (IPA) for Urdu.
What does the name Niaz mean?
Recorded meaning: $ Muslim name, from Persian: ‘prayer’, ‘gift’, or ‘offering’.
Is Niaz a male or female name?
Niaz is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Niaz have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 68 thousand people named Niaz in Pakistan, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled niaz.
How common is the name Niaz?
In the United States, the national register counted 334 people named Niaz in 2020, about 1 in 996 thousand residents.
How common is Niaz compared with other names?
In Pakistan, Niaz is the 122nd most common given name of 77,659 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Niaz” — the 122nd most common given name in Pakistan. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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