Namaleya Surname

513,430th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 636 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Namaleya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Namaleya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda6341:61,5767,098
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989

Namaleya (10) may also be a first name.

Namaleya Last Name Facts

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

Namaleya is more frequently found in Uganda than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Namaleya.

How Common Is The Last Name Namaleya? popularity and diffusion

Namaleya is the 513,430th most frequently occurring last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 11,458,406 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Namaleya live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 85 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,684,242nd most frequently held first name globally. It is borne by 10 people.

The surname is most numerous in Uganda, where it is borne by 634 people, or 1 in 61,576. In Uganda it is most prevalent in: Bulambuli District, where 42 percent are found, Sironko District, where 18 percent are found and Kapchorwa District, where 14 percent are found. Aside from Uganda this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 0 percent are found and Zambia, where 0 percent are found.

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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 Namaleya
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