Banamwana Surname
Approximately 4,064 people bear this surname
Banamwana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rwanda | 4,031 | 1:2,819 | 692 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Uganda | 8 | 1:4,879,910 | 106,546 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Banamwana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Banamwana Come From? nationality or country of origin
Banamwana is borne by more people in Rwanda than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Banamwana click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Banamwana? popularity and diffusion
Banamwana is the 113,815th most frequently used family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 1,793,195 people. The surname Banamwana occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Banamwana live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Rwanda, where it is held by 4,031 people, or 1 in 2,819. Barring Rwanda this surname is found in 6 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 1 percent are found and Uganda, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Banamwana
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