Namahala Surname
Approximately 758 people bear this surname
Namahala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 651 | 1:81,324 | 8,344 |
| Malawi | 105 | 1:163,039 | 16,499 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Namahala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Namahala Come From? nationality or country of origin
Namahala has its highest incidence in Tanzania. It can occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Namahala.
How Common Is The Last Name Namahala? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 449,013th most frequent family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 9,614,177 people. The surname Namahala occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Namahala reside; 86 percent reside in East Africa and 86 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
Namahala is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is held by 651 people, or 1 in 81,324. In Tanzania it is mostly concentrated in: Mtwara Region, where 32 percent reside, Lindi Region, where 27 percent reside and Ruvuma Region, where 23 percent reside. Not including Tanzania it is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Malawi, where 14 percent reside and Kenya, 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 Namahala
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