Namawa Surname

277,054th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,399 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Namawa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Namawa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda8141:47,9605,880
Zambia2621:60,4965,474
Kenya1291:357,98420,934
Ivory Coast1231:187,5718,219
Niger291:661,79416,082
Zimbabwe231:671,22849,171
Cameroon71:2,967,010123,373
Nigeria61:29,523,793355,097
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Namawa (1,032) may also be a first name.

Namawa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Namawa is most common in Uganda. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Namawa? popularity and diffusion

The surname Namawa is the 277,054th most widely held family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 5,209,111 people. The surname Namawa is predominantly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Namawa reside; 67 percent reside in East Africa and 44 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Namawa is also the 249,711th most frequently used forename in the world, borne by 1,032 people.

It is most prevalent in Uganda, where it is borne by 814 people, or 1 in 47,960. In Uganda it is primarily concentrated in: Manafwa District, where 55 percent reside, Mbale District, where 16 percent reside and Wakiso District, where 4 percent reside. Aside from Uganda this surname occurs in 13 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 19 percent reside and Kenya, where 9 percent reside.

Namawa Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

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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 Namawa
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