Namiso Surname

1,718,748th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 113 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Namiso Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Namiso Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya681:679,11629,805
Papua New Guinea321:254,80434,943
Uganda91:4,337,69899,715
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Namiso (45) may also be a first name.

Namiso Last Name Facts

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

The surname Namiso is found most in Kenya. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Namiso? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,718,748th most commonly occurring family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 64,491,557 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 71 percent of Namiso are found; 68 percent are found in East Africa and 66 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,504,468th most frequent first name at a global level, borne by 45 people.

The last name Namiso is most commonly held in Kenya, where it is carried by 68 people, or 1 in 679,116. In Kenya Namiso is mostly concentrated in: Kakamega County, where 90 percent reside, Bungoma County, where 6 percent reside and Busia County, where 1 percent reside. Other than Kenya this surname exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 28 percent reside and Uganda, where 8 percent reside.

Namiso Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Namiso last name is chiefly 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 Namiso
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