Namakanda Surname

290,011th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,321 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Namakanda Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Namakanda Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda1,1111:35,1394,620
Zambia1561:101,6028,098
DR Congo341:2,172,929106,971
Zimbabwe101:1,543,82478,460
South Africa61:9,029,617189,736
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716

Namakanda (10) may also be a first name.

Namakanda Last Name Facts

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

The surname Namakanda (Marathi: नामकांडा) occurs in Uganda more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Namakanda? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 290,011th most commonly occurring last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 5,516,689 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Namakanda are found; 84 percent are found in East Africa and 65 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 3,684,242nd most frequent first name at a global level, held by 10 people.

The last name is most prevalent in Uganda, where it is carried by 1,111 people, or 1 in 35,139. In Uganda it is most common in: Manafwa District, where 55 percent live, Mbale District, where 21 percent live and Bulambuli District, where 10 percent live. Without taking into account Uganda it is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 12 percent live and The DR Congo, where 3 percent live.

Namakanda Last Name Statistics demography

Namakanda earn a lot more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 49.41% more than the national average, earning R 355,056 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Namakanda Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Namakanda in the Marathi language
नामकांडाnamakanda-

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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 Namakanda
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