Namatanga Surname
Approximately 50 people bear this surname
Namatanga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 44 | 1:360,226 | 18,771 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Namatanga (36) may also be a first name.
Namatanga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Namatanga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Namatanga occurs in Zambia more than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Namatanga click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Namatanga? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,746,821st most frequently held last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 145,750,918 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Namatanga reside; 88 percent reside in Southern Africa and 88 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Namatanga is also the 1,717,090th most frequently used first name globally, borne by 36 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Zambia, where it is borne by 44 people, or 1 in 360,226. In Zambia it is most numerous in: Lusaka Province, where 95 percent live and Central Province, where 5 percent live. Excluding Zambia this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 8 percent live and Tanzania, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Namathanga | 95 | 1,024 | / |
| Namataga | 94 | 8 | / |
| Namatana | 94 | 1 | / |
| Namatonga | 89 | 9 | / |
| Nomatanga | 89 | 1 | / |
| Namatango | 89 | 1 | / |
| Nematanga | 89 | 1 | / |
| Ngomatanga | 84 | 1 | / |
| Ngamathana | 84 | 1 | / |
| Nemathanga | 84 | 1 | / |
| Namatongo | 78 | 20 | / |
| Neumatana | 78 | 1 | / |
| Namatono | 71 | 3 | / |
| Namatougou | 63 | 11 | / |
| Namotono | 59 | 1 | / |
| Namoutoungou | 57 | 2 | / |
| Nometongo | 56 | 1 | / |
| Namotougou | 53 | 1 | / |
| Namoutougou | 50 | 557 | / |
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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 Namatanga
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