Namaiwa Surname
Approximately 3,368 people bear this surname
Namaiwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 3,011 | 1:6,374 | 533 |
| Nigeria | 275 | 1:644,155 | 30,300 |
| Benin | 79 | 1:130,830 | 14,100 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
The alternate forms: Namaïwa (26) & Namaîwa (1) are calculated separately.
Namaiwa (706) may also be a first name.
Namaiwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Namaiwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Namaiwa is found in Niger more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms: Namaïwa or Namaîwa. Click here to see other possible spellings of Namaiwa.
How Common Is The Last Name Namaiwa? popularity and diffusion
Namaiwa is the 133,798th most frequent surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 2,163,761 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Namaiwa live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 89 percent live in Chadic Africa. Namaiwa is also the 310,909th most common first name on earth, held by 706 people.
The last name Namaiwa is most numerous in Niger, where it is held by 3,011 people, or 1 in 6,374. In Niger it is most numerous in: Dosso Region, where 84 percent live, Tahoua Region, where 6 percent live and Tillabéri Region, where 5 percent live. Barring Niger it occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 8 percent live and Benin, where 2 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 Namaiwa
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