Namawaya Surname
Approximately 12 people bear this surname
Namawaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| Zimbabwe | 6 | 1:2,573,040 | 106,478 |
Namawaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Namawaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Namawaya occurs most in Papua New Guinea. It may appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Namawaya.
How Common Is The Last Name Namawaya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 5,587,209th most frequently occurring family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 607,295,493 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 50 percent of Namawaya live; 50 percent live in Southern Africa and 50 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The surname Namawaya is most commonly occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 1,358,953. In Papua New Guinea it is most frequent in: Eastern Highlands, where 100 percent are found. Not including Papua New Guinea this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 50 percent are found.
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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
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