Nambuya Surname
Approximately 39,475 people bear this surname
Nambuya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 38,739 | 1:1,008 | 96 |
| Kenya | 665 | 1:69,443 | 6,605 |
| DR Congo | 48 | 1:1,539,158 | 86,567 |
| England | 11 | 1:5,065,278 | 148,650 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Nambuya (124) may also be a first name.
Nambuya Demographics
Nambuya Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Nambuya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nambuya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nambuya is found most in Uganda. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nambuya? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 14,117th most widely held surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 184,612 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nambuya live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 57 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 836,439th most widespread first name on earth, held by 124 people.
The surname Nambuya is most commonly used in Uganda, where it is held by 38,739 people, or 1 in 1,008. In Uganda it is most common in: Manafwa District, where 33 percent live, Mbale District, where 22 percent live and Bulambuli District, where 7 percent live. Other than Uganda it is found in 11 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 2 percent live and The DR Congo, where 0 percent live.
Nambuya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is principally 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 Nambuya
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