Namasala Surname

1,244,200th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 186 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Namasala Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Namasala Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi1571:109,03912,664
DR Congo271:2,736,280122,818
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768

Namasala Last Name Facts

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

The last name Namasala occurs most in Malawi. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Namasala? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,244,200th most commonly occurring last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 39,180,354 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Namasala reside; 84 percent reside in Southern Africa and 84 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

The last name Namasala is most frequently occurring in Malawi, where it is carried by 157 people, or 1 in 109,039. Aside from Malawi it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 15 percent live and The Netherlands, where 1 percent live.

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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 Namasala
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