Nakamwi Surname
Approximately 90 people bear this surname
Nakamwi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 86 | 1:184,301 | 12,428 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Nakamwi (590) may also be a first name.
Nakamwi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nakamwi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nakamwi is borne by more people in Zambia than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Nakamwi click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nakamwi? popularity and diffusion
The last name Nakamwi is the 1,967,751st most commonly used family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 80,972,732 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nakamwi are found; 98 percent are found in Southern Africa and 98 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Nakamwi is also the 344,405th most commonly held given name throughout the world, borne by 590 people.
The surname Nakamwi is most prevalent in Zambia, where it is carried by 86 people, or 1 in 184,301. In Zambia Nakamwi is most common in: Western Province, where 71 percent reside, Lusaka Province, where 22 percent reside and Southern Province, where 3 percent reside. Without taking into account Zambia this surname occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 1 percent reside and Namibia, 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 Nakamwi
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