Namava Surname
Approximately 12 people bear this surname
Namava Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 9 | 1:5,131,100 | 45,516 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
Namava (11) may also be a first name.
Namava Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Namava Come From? nationality or country of origin
Namava is more commonly found in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Namava.
How Common Is The Last Name Namava? popularity and diffusion
It is the 5,587,209th most widely held family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 607,295,493 people. Namava occurs mostly in Africa, where 92 percent of Namava reside; 92 percent reside in East Africa and 42 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most frequently occurring given name in the world It is held by 11 people.
The surname Namava is most frequent in Kenya, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 5,131,100. In Kenya it is most numerous in: Lamu County, where 44 percent reside, Vihiga County, where 44 percent reside and Uasin Gishu County, where 11 percent reside. Aside from Kenya this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 17 percent reside and Italy, where 8 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 Namava
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