Namatovu Surname

8,399th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 67,810 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Namatovu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Namatovu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda67,7301:57633
England301:1,857,26974,552
United States101:36,245,893832,629
Sweden101:984,67673,605
Tanzania51:10,588,32375,430
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
Afghanistan21:16,076,59243,178
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Sierra Leone11:7,089,6311,533
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Iceland11:380,09011,096
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Australia11:26,995,701270,794

Namatovu (86) may also be a first name.

Namatovu Last Name Facts

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

Namatovu is more frequently found in Uganda than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Namatovu? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 8,399th most commonly used family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 107,470 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Namatovu reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,032,266th most common forename throughout the world, borne by 86 people.

The surname Namatovu is most widely held in Uganda, where it is borne by 67,730 people, or 1 in 576. In Uganda it is most frequent in: Wakiso District, where 18 percent reside, Kampala District, where 10 percent reside and Rakai District, where 8 percent reside. Outside of Uganda this surname occurs in 21 countries. It also occurs in England, where 0 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nnamatovu9430/
Namatoovu9418/
Naamatovu944/
Namattovu944/
Namatovuu942/
Nammatovu941/
Namaatovu941/
Namatoivu941/
Namotovu884/
Nomatovu881/
Namatabu751/
Namoutoubou631/

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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 Namatovu
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