Namakoye Surname

47,997th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10,758 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Namakoye Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Namakoye Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda10,7451:3,633654
Kenya111:4,198,17341,178
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

Namakoye Last Name Facts

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

Namakoye is most common in Uganda. It can appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Namakoye.

How Common Is The Last Name Namakoye? popularity and diffusion

It is the 47,997th most prevalent surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 677,407 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Namakoye live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 58 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa.

The surname Namakoye is most frequent in Uganda, where it is borne by 10,745 people, or 1 in 3,633. In Uganda it is mostly concentrated in: Mbale District, where 34 percent live, Manafwa District, where 22 percent live and Bududa District, where 12 percent live. Other than Uganda it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 0 percent live and Canada, where 0 percent live.

Namakoye Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Namakoye last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

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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 Namakoye
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