Namasa Surname
Approximately 1,450 people bear this surname
Namasa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 837 | 1:46,642 | 5,749 |
| Thailand | 487 | 1:145,048 | 22,769 |
| Kenya | 75 | 1:615,732 | 28,396 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Nigeria | 10 | 1:17,714,276 | 277,641 |
| Taiwan | 7 | 1:3,349,249 | 20,155 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Namasa (60) may also be a first name.
Namasa Demographics
Namasa Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Namasa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Namasa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Namasa (Marathi: नामसा, Oriya: ନାମସା) is carried by more people in Uganda than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Namasa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Namasa is the 269,054th most frequently used last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 5,025,894 people. The last name Namasa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 65 percent of Namasa are found; 63 percent are found in East Africa and 34 percent are found in Tai-Asia. It is also the 1,270,172nd most widespread first name internationally, borne by 60 people.
This last name is most frequent in Uganda, where it is carried by 837 people, or 1 in 46,642. In Uganda Namasa is primarily found in: Manafwa District, where 38 percent live, Mbale District, where 18 percent live and Bududa District, where 14 percent live. Apart from Uganda this surname is found in 11 countries. It is also common in Thailand, where 34 percent live and Kenya, where 5 percent live.
Namasa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Namasa surname is principally Christian (67%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Namasa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Namasa in the Marathi language | ||
| नामसा | namasa | 40 |
| नमसा | namasa | 40 |
| नामासा | namasa | 20 |
| Namasa in the Oriya language | ||
| ନାମସା | namasa | 33.33 |
| ନମଷା | namasa | 33.33 |
| ନାମାସା | namasa | 33.33 |
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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 Namasa
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