Namendi Surname
Approximately 163 people bear this surname
Namendi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 140 | 1:148,350 | 16,370 |
| Papua New Guinea | 19 | 1:429,143 | 55,452 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Ñamendi (2) are calculated separately.
Namendi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Namendi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Namendi has its highest incidence in Cameroon. It can occur as a variant: Ñamendi. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Namendi? popularity and diffusion
Namendi is the 1,359,010th most common surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 44,708,871 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 87 percent of Namendi reside; 86 percent reside in Central Africa and 63 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
This last name is most widespread in Cameroon, where it is held by 140 people, or 1 in 148,350. In Cameroon Namendi is mostly found in: East Region, where 99 percent are found, Littoral Region, where 1 percent are found and South Region, where 1 percent are found. Excluding Cameroon this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 12 percent are found and India, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ñamendi | 95 | 2 | / |
| Ngamendi | 93 | 3 | / |
| Nammendi | 93 | 1 | / |
| Namndi | 92 | 1 | / |
| Namende | 86 | 228 | / |
| Namenda | 86 | 110 | / |
| Namindi | 86 | 94 | / |
| Nnamndi | 86 | 7 | / |
| Namendy | 86 | 6 | / |
| Nemendi | 86 | 1 | / |
| Ngamndi | 86 | 1 | / |
| Nomendi | 86 | 1 | / |
| Ngomendi | 80 | 7 | / |
| Namuindi | 80 | 6 | / |
| Ñamendiz | 80 | 2 | / |
| Ngamende | 80 | 2 | / |
| Namendeu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Namiende | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ñamendis | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nhamenda | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nhamindi | 80 | 1 | / |
| Namnda | 77 | 11 | / |
| Namnde | 77 | 2 | / |
| Nhamuende | 75 | 1 | / |
| Naminde | 71 | 229 | / |
| Naminda | 71 | 175 | / |
| Ñamendy | 71 | 5 | / |
| Nemende | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nayminda | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngomende | 67 | 1 | / |
| Noumende | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nomendoa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ñamendez | 67 | 1 | / |
| Neymender | 63 | 1 | / |
| Nomnda | 62 | 1 | / |
| Nominda | 57 | 1 | / |
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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 Namendi
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