Namisi Surname

67,638th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7,356 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Namisi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Namisi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda5,8251:6,7021,172
Kenya1,4101:32,7523,578
DR Congo621:1,191,60673,277
Papua New Guinea191:429,14355,452
England181:3,095,448105,421
Nigeria81:22,142,845310,552
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Fiji11:894,3914,568
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Namisi (691) may also be a first name.

Namisi Last Name Facts

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

The last name Namisi (Oriya: ନାମିସି) is carried by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Namisi? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 67,638th most commonly occurring family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 990,694 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Namisi are found; 98 percent are found in East Africa and 85 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 314,578th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world It is held by 691 people.

The surname is most commonly held in Uganda, where it is carried by 5,825 people, or 1 in 6,702. In Uganda Namisi is primarily found in: Sironko District, where 21 percent live, Butaleja District, where 17 percent live and Bulambuli District, where 11 percent live. Other than Uganda this surname occurs in 14 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 19 percent live and The DR Congo, where 1 percent live.

Namisi Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Namisi last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Namuisi92207/
Namishi92140/
Namaisi92101/
Namissi9231/
Nnamisi924/
Namisih923/
Namisis923/
Namitsi921/
Namoisi921/
Naamisi921/
Namisihe86164/
Ngamisih8650/
Nameishi867/
Namishio864/
Namuishi861/
Namaissi861/
Ngamissi861/
Namise83656/
Namiji83585/
Namusi83454/
Namisa83146/
Namizi8393/
Nomisi8343/
Namesi8316/
Nemisi8311/
Namigi833/
Namici831/
Namessi77748/
Namises77241/
Nemissi77128/
Namaizi7787/
Namissa7720/
Nomishi7720/
Namaigi7716/
Namisha7712/
Namisse7711/
Namidji779/
Namisyo778/
Nammisa778/
Namussi777/
Namaiji776/
Naimisa774/
Naamisa774/
Namiozi774/
Namuigi774/
Namichi773/
Ngamizi773/
Nametsi773/
Namishe772/
Nnamusi772/
Namuisa772/
Nameisa771/
Namisay771/
Nemisih771/
Noomisi771/
Nahmesi771/
Namizai771/
Namizzi771/
Namuusi771/
Namuesi771/
Namuise771/
Namaise771/
Ngamici771/
Namicit771/
Ngamessi71258/
Namisaya71100/
Nnamesie7128/
Noumissi7110/
Naimisha718/
Namichai714/
Naamissa712/
Nameiset712/
Gnamizhi711/
Namisooy711/
Namoichi711/
Namuidji711/
Namuisha711/
Namaisha711/
Ngamisse711/
Nnamichi711/
Nameijit711/
Ngomissi711/
Namuse67302/
Nammichai67139/
Nameji67136/
Namesa6753/
Namiza6733/
Namezi6732/
Nameci6720/
Nomesi6719/
Nomisa6712/
Namese6711/
Nomise679/
Namige679/
Nomusi676/
Nemiši675/
Namuzi673/
Namice673/
Nemusi672/
Nnameizie671/
Noumissie671/
Namije671/
Nammaizzi671/
Nemizi671/
Nemise670/

Namisi Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Namisi in the Oriya language
ନାମିସିnamisi36.36
ନାମିଶିnamisi18.18
ନାମୀସୀnamisi18.18
ନାମିସୀnamisi18.18
ନମିସୀnamisi9.09

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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
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  • 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 Namisi
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