Namkala Surname

7,593,402nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Namkala Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Namkala Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania51:10,588,32375,430
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

Namkala Last Name Facts

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

The surname Namkala (Hindi: नमकला) occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Namkala? popularity and diffusion

Namkala is the 7,593,402nd most widely held last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 83 percent of Namkala reside; 83 percent reside in East Africa and 83 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.

The surname Namkala is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 10,588,323. In Tanzania Namkala is mostly concentrated in: Ruvuma Region, where 80 percent live and Mtwara Region, where 20 percent live. Apart from Tanzania this last name exists in one country. It is also common in India, where 17 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ngamkala93275/
Nhamkala931/
Nomkala8694/
Namkola8656/
Namkali861/
Nomkhala8081/
Namkaleu801/
Nomqala715/
Namkoli712/
Nomkhalo674/
Namkholo671/
Namcolas670/
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Namkala Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Namkala in the Hindi language
नमकलाnamakala-

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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 Namkala
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