Nambigwa Surname

4,908,606th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Nambigwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Nambigwa Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda151:2,602,61975,106
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Nambigwa Last Name Facts

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

Nambigwa is carried by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nambigwa? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 4,908,606th most widespread surname on earth, held by around 1 in 455,471,620 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nambigwa reside; 94 percent reside in East Africa and 94 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.

The surname is most widely held in Uganda, where it is held by 15 people, or 1 in 2,602,619. In Uganda Nambigwa is mostly concentrated in: Budaka District, where 93 percent reside and Buikwe District, where 7 percent reside. Excluding Uganda this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 6 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nambikwa886/
Namuhigwa821/
Nambigue75630/
Nambekwa7597/
Nambikua751/
Ngambikua714/
Nambegue6320/
Nombekwa634/
Namwecwa631/
Nanvigue505/

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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 Nambigwa
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