Nakawesi Surname

125,118th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,640 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Nakawesi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nakawesi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda3,6351:10,7401,812
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
England11:55,718,059489,080
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Nakawesi (12) may also be a first name.

Nakawesi Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nakawesi is most common in Uganda. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nakawesi? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 125,118th most frequent surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 2,002,073 people. The last name Nakawesi is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nakawesi reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 100 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,306,491st most frequently used first name internationally, held by 12 people.

The last name Nakawesi is most widely held in Uganda, where it is borne by 3,635 people, or 1 in 10,740. In Uganda it is most prevalent in: Wakiso District, where 16 percent reside, Kampala District, where 11 percent reside and Rakai District, where 9 percent reside. Other than Uganda this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Sweden, where 0 percent reside and England, where 0 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
  • 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 Nakawesi
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