Nambuye Surname
Approximately 1,114 people bear this surname
Nambuye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 947 | 1:48,764 | 4,986 |
| Uganda | 167 | 1:233,768 | 17,802 |
Nambuye (450) may also be a first name.
Nambuye Demographics
Nambuye Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Nambuye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nambuye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nambuye is most common in Kenya. It can be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nambuye? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 332,050th most frequently occurring surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 6,541,783 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nambuye live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 93 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Nambuye is also the 403,380th most frequently held first name in the world. It is borne by 450 people.
The last name Nambuye is most widely held in Kenya, where it is carried by 947 people, or 1 in 48,764. In Kenya Nambuye is mostly concentrated in: Bungoma County, where 56 percent live, Kakamega County, where 26 percent live and Trans Nzoia County, where 17 percent live. Without taking into account Kenya this last name exists in one country. It is also common in Uganda, where 15 percent live.
Nambuye Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is principally Christian (98%) 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 Nambuye
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