Namalwa Surname
Approximately 9,344 people bear this surname
Namalwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 5,587 | 1:6,988 | 1,217 |
| Kenya | 3,732 | 1:12,374 | 1,544 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Namalwa (2,912) may also be a first name.
Namalwa Demographics
Namalwa Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Namalwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Namalwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Namalwa is found most in Uganda. It can be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Namalwa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 54,445th most frequently occurring surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 779,917 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Namalwa live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 82 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Namalwa is also the 134,577th most frequently used first name worldwide, borne by 2,912 people.
Namalwa is most prevalent in Uganda, where it is borne by 5,587 people, or 1 in 6,988. In Uganda Namalwa is most frequent in: Bududa District, where 18 percent are found, Manafwa District, where 14 percent are found and Wakiso District, where 11 percent are found. Aside from Uganda Namalwa occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 40 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 0 percent are found.
Namalwa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname 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 Namalwa
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