Namonywa Surname

4,532,898th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 19 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Namonywa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Namonywa 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
Kenya151:3,078,66038,128
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Namonywa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Namonywa occurs in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Namonywa? popularity and diffusion

The surname Namonywa is the 4,532,898th most common family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 383,555,048 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 84 percent of Namonywa live; 84 percent live in East Africa and 53 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

This surname is most frequently occurring in Kenya, where it is carried by 15 people, or 1 in 3,078,660. In Kenya Namonywa is mostly concentrated in: Kakamega County, where 60 percent are found, Vihiga County, where 27 percent are found and Nairobi County, where 7 percent are found. Outside of Kenya this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 11 percent are found and Afghanistan, where 5 percent are found.

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
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Namunywa883/
Namonywo881/
Namanuwa755/
Namunywe752/
Namunuwa751/
Namanywe751/
Namanejwa712/
Nomoneva631/
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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 Namonywa
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