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

The last name Namaleya is more commonly found in Uganda than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Namaleya click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Namaleya? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 513,430th most commonly occurring surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 11,458,406 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Namaleya are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 85 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Namaleya is also the 3,684,242nd most frequently occurring first name on earth It is held by 10 people.

It is most prevalent in Uganda, where it is carried by 634 people, or 1 in 61,576. In Uganda Namaleya is most prevalent in: Bulambuli District, where 42 percent reside, Sironko District, where 18 percent reside and Kapchorwa District, where 14 percent reside. Apart from Uganda this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 0 percent reside and Zambia, where 0 percent reside.

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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
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  • 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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