Namkwenya Surname
Approximately 159 people bear this surname
Namkwenya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 157 | 1:109,039 | 12,664 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
Namkwenya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Namkwenya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Namkwenya occurs most in Malawi. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Namkwenya? popularity and diffusion
The last name Namkwenya is the 1,380,086th most common last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 45,833,622 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Namkwenya reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
Namkwenya is most frequently occurring in Malawi, where it is carried by 157 people, or 1 in 109,039. Besides Malawi Namkwenya is found in one country. It also occurs in South Africa, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nankwenya | 89 | 820 | / |
| Nagwenya | 82 | 1 | / |
| Nangwenya | 78 | 2 | / |
| Nang'wenya | 74 | 1 | / |
| Nongwenya | 67 | 30 | / |
| Nangwinya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nomgcwinya | 63 | 5 | / |
| Nongqwenya | 63 | 2 | / |
| Nongwinya | 56 | 5 | / |
| Nomgwanya | 56 | 1 | / |
| Nomgqwanya | 53 | 4 | / |
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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 Namkwenya
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