Namataa Surname
Approximately 993 people bear this surname
Namataa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 973 | 1:16,290 | 1,829 |
| Niger | 13 | 1:1,476,309 | 30,154 |
| Uganda | 6 | 1:6,506,546 | 123,710 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Namataa (1,858) may also be a first name.
Namataa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Namataa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Namataa is carried by more people in Zambia than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Namataa? popularity and diffusion
Namataa is the 363,673rd most frequent surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 7,338,918 people. The surname Namataa is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Namataa reside; 98 percent reside in Southern Africa and 98 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Namataa is also the 176,700th most common first name in the world It is held by 1,858 people.
The last name is most widely held in Zambia, where it is borne by 973 people, or 1 in 16,290. In Zambia Namataa is most frequent in: Western Province, where 78 percent reside, Lusaka Province, where 11 percent reside and Southern Province, where 4 percent reside. Not including Zambia Namataa occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 1 percent reside and Uganda, where 1 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
- 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 Namataa
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