Nabwire Surname

5,759th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 97,992 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Nabwire Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nabwire Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda81,6981:47820
Kenya16,2391:2,844450
DR Congo211:3,518,075145,665
United States81:45,307,367917,113
England61:9,286,343223,652
Iceland31:126,6975,403
Tanzania31:17,647,204107,932
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155

Nabwire (5,924) may also be a first name.

Nabwire Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nabwire is borne by more people in Uganda than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nabwire? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 5,759th most numerous family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 74,369 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nabwire are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 83 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Nabwire is also the 86,388th most frequently occurring first name internationally It is held by 5,924 people.

The last name Nabwire is most numerous in Uganda, where it is held by 81,698 people, or 1 in 478. In Uganda Nabwire is most numerous in: Busia District, where 30 percent live, Namayingo District, where 18 percent live and Bugiri District, where 9 percent live. Outside of Uganda it occurs in 16 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 17 percent live and The DR Congo, where 0 percent live.

Nabwire Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the Nabwire surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Nabwire earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 17.91% more than the national average, earning $50,875 USD per year.

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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 Nabwire
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