Nakawessa Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Nakawessa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nakawessa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda81:4,879,910106,546
England11:55,718,059489,080

Nakawessa Last Name Facts

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

Nakawessa is most common in Uganda. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nakawessa? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 6,360,413th most commonly used last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 89 percent of Nakawessa are found; 89 percent are found in East Africa and 78 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.

The last name Nakawessa is most frequent in Uganda, where it is carried by 8 people, or 1 in 4,879,910. In Uganda Nakawessa is primarily found in: Kalungu District, where 13 percent live, Kampala District, where 13 percent live and Mayuge District, where 13 percent live. Apart from Uganda it exists in one country. It is also found in England, where 11 percent live.

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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 Nakawessa
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