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
The surname Banamwana is carried by more people in Rwanda than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Banamwana? popularity and diffusion
Banamwana is the 113,815th most frequently held family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 1,793,195 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Banamwana are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 99 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
The surname is most commonly held in Rwanda, where it is borne by 4,031 people, or 1 in 2,819. Not including Rwanda Banamwana exists in 6 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 1 percent live and Uganda, where 0 percent live.
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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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