Nakamwe Surname
Approximately 199 people bear this surname
Nakamwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Namibia | 126 | 1:19,122 | 3,380 |
| DR Congo | 68 | 1:1,086,464 | 68,260 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Nakamwe (35) may also be a first name.
Nakamwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nakamwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nakamwe is found most in Namibia. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Nakamwe click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nakamwe? popularity and diffusion
Nakamwe is the 1,189,614th most frequently held family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 36,620,834 people. The last name Nakamwe occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nakamwe are found; 65 percent are found in Southern Africa and 65 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,744,716th most frequently used first name internationally It is held by 35 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Namibia, where it is held by 126 people, or 1 in 19,122. In Namibia it is primarily found in: Omusati Region, where 42 percent reside, Oshana Region, where 33 percent reside and Khomas Region, where 20 percent reside. Beside Namibia Nakamwe is found in 5 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 34 percent reside and South Africa, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Nakamwe
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