Nameje Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Nameje Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Nameje Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nameje Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nameje occurs most in Uganda. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Nameje.
How Common Is The Last Name Nameje? popularity and diffusion
It is the 8,968,613th most commonly used last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nameje reside; 50 percent reside in East Africa and 25 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The surname is most frequently used in Uganda, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 19,519,640. In Uganda it is most numerous in: Mbale District, where 50 percent are found and Namutumba District, where 50 percent are found. Beside Uganda this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 25 percent are found and Nigeria, where 25 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
- 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 Nameje
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