Namayanja Surname

20,721st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 26,378 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Namayanja Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Namayanja Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda26,3331:1,483187
England181:3,095,448105,421
United States91:40,273,215872,126
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
France11:66,422,722504,397
Iceland11:380,09011,096
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989

Namayanja (15) may also be a first name.

Namayanja Last Name Facts

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

Namayanja is held by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Namayanja? popularity and diffusion

Namayanja is the 20,721st most widespread surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 276,274 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Namayanja live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,900,335th most frequent first name in the world. It is borne by 15 people.

The surname Namayanja is most frequently used in Uganda, where it is carried by 26,333 people, or 1 in 1,483. In Uganda it is mostly found in: Wakiso District, where 19 percent reside, Kampala District, where 11 percent reside and Rakai District, where 7 percent reside. Outside of Uganda it occurs in 14 countries. It also occurs in England, where 0 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.

Namayanja Last Name Statistics demography

Namayanja earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 72.59% less than the national average, earning $11,825 USD per year.

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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 Namayanja
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