Nakawungu Surname

86,637th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,559 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Nakawungu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Nakawungu Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda5,5491:7,0351,229
England61:9,286,343223,652
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Nakawungu Last Name Facts

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

Nakawungu is borne by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Nakawungu? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 86,637th most commonly occurring surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 1,310,945 people. Nakawungu occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nakawungu reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 100 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.

It is most commonly held in Uganda, where it is borne by 5,549 people, or 1 in 7,035. In Uganda it is mostly found in: Wakiso District, where 22 percent reside, Kampala District, where 10 percent reside and Masaka District, where 6 percent reside. Excluding Uganda this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in England, where 0 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nnakawungu9511/
Nakawuungu956/
Naakawungu952/
Nakawunggu951/
Nakawunngu951/
Nakaawungu951/
Nakavungu89103/
Nakabungu894/
Nakawongu892/
Nakawumgu891/

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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 Nakawungu
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