Nabwana Surname

316,846th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,183 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Nabwana Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nabwana Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda9501:41,0945,204
Kenya1911:241,78016,739
DR Congo341:2,172,929106,971
England61:9,286,343223,652
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Nabwana (88) may also be a first name.

Nabwana Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Nabwana Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Nabwana is found most in Uganda. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nabwana? popularity and diffusion

The last name Nabwana is the 316,846th most commonly held surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 6,160,225 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Nabwana live; 96 percent live in East Africa and 63 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,017,994th most frequently used given name on earth, held by 88 people.

The surname Nabwana is most frequently used in Uganda, where it is carried by 950 people, or 1 in 41,094. In Uganda Nabwana is mostly concentrated in: Manafwa District, where 25 percent live, Bulambuli District, where 14 percent live and Mbale District, where 13 percent live. Excluding Uganda Nabwana exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 16 percent live and The DR Congo, where 3 percent live.

Nabwana Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

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Nabwani86134/
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Napwanga80513/
Nabuanga80212/
Nabwanyi802/
Ngobwana801/
Ngabwani801/
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Ngabuanga754/
Nabbona712,005/
Nabuani71723/
Nabwono712/
Nabuena712/
Nabwoni711/
Nabwone711/
Navbane711/
Nabwonga6715/
Nabwonge6711/
Nnabbona6710/
Napwanou671/
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Nabwonje671/
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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
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  • 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 Nabwana
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