Nakawooya Surname
Approximately 6,504 people bear this surname
Nakawooya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 6,498 | 1:6,008 | 1,062 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Nakawooya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nakawooya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nakawooya is held by more people in Uganda than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nakawooya? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 75,463rd most numerous surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 1,120,471 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nakawooya live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
Nakawooya is most numerous in Uganda, where it is carried by 6,498 people, or 1 in 6,008. In Uganda Nakawooya is most prevalent in: Wakiso District, where 26 percent reside, Kampala District, where 15 percent reside and Masaka District, where 5 percent reside. Barring Uganda this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in England, where 0 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nnakawooya | 95 | 1 | / |
| Nakawoya | 94 | 1,469 | / |
| Nakawooy | 94 | 1 | / |
| Nakowooya | 89 | 4 | / |
| Nakawooja | 89 | 3 | / |
| Naakawoya | 89 | 1 | / |
| Nakawooyo | 89 | 1 | / |
| Nakawoaya | 89 | 1 | / |
| Nakawoja | 82 | 13 | / |
| Nakawaya | 82 | 9 | / |
| Nakaboya | 82 | 4 | / |
| Nakowoya | 82 | 3 | / |
| Nakawoyo | 82 | 3 | / |
| Nakawuya | 82 | 2 | / |
| Nakawoye | 82 | 1 | / |
| Nakajwaya | 78 | 31 | / |
| Nakabooye | 78 | 1 | / |
| Nakajwaaya | 74 | 1 | / |
| Nakaboye | 71 | 299 | / |
| Nakaviya | 71 | 35 | / |
| Nakaboyo | 71 | 9 | / |
| Nakaboja | 71 | 7 | / |
| Nakabaya | 71 | 2 | / |
| Nakaboyi | 71 | 2 | / |
| Nakaweja | 71 | 2 | / |
| Ngakawey | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nakavaya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nakawaji | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nakaweas | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nakawujo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nakoboye | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nakhaboyo | 67 | 3 | / |
| Nakhawaji | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nnakaboye | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nakawaaye | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Nakawooya
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