Namakama Surname

1,806,862nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 104 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Namakama Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Namakama 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
Zambia971:163,40111,461
Nigeria61:29,523,793355,097
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

Namakama Last Name Facts

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

Namakama is found in Zambia more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Namakama.

How Common Is The Last Name Namakama? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,806,862nd most widespread surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 70,072,557 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Namakama are found; 93 percent are found in Southern Africa and 93 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

This surname is most frequently used in Zambia, where it is borne by 97 people, or 1 in 163,401. In Zambia Namakama is most prevalent in: Central Province, where 54 percent live, Lusaka Province, where 40 percent live and North-Western Province, where 4 percent live. Besides Zambia this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 6 percent live and India, where 1 percent live.

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
Ngamakama949/
Namakoma88282/
Namakami8814/
Namakhoma82234/
Namakhame821/
Namakhomap781/
Namakomo752/
Nomakoma751/
Ngomakoma711/
Namakoumo711/
Namokhoma711/
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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 Namakama
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