Niven is an uncommonly occurring given name for males but a very prominent surname for both adults and children (#19272 out of 150436, Top 13%). (2000 U.S. Census). Shown below is the baby name popularity of Niven for boys.
So, what length is the right one for a book? The average nonfiction book, if such a thing exists, runs about 50,000 to 75,000 words, but this can vary depending upon category. Biographies, for example, can run 200,000 words.
Reply Thu 5 Jun, 2008 10:22 pm. Average English world length is 5.10 letters. For comparison, Korean averages 3.05 letters and the German average is 6.26 letters. Average English sentence length is 14.3 words. Much of this, and also word length, depends on the subject and audience. In techy writing its impossible to elimanate the Fog Factor which can be calculated by a simple relationship of word length to number of words in a sentence.