Namoya Surname
Approximately 368 people bear this surname
Namoya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 166 | 1:95,481 | 7,743 |
| Uganda | 103 | 1:379,022 | 24,191 |
| Namibia | 42 | 1:57,367 | 6,674 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| France | 20 | 1:3,321,136 | 213,627 |
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
Namoya (14) may also be a first name.
Namoya Demographics
Namoya Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Namoya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Namoya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Namoya (Marathi: नमोया) is more commonly found in Zambia than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Namoya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Namoya is the 772,238th most frequently occurring last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 19,803,114 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Namoya are found; 58 percent are found in Southern Africa and 58 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,024,661st most frequently occurring first name on earth, held by 14 people.
The surname Namoya is most numerous in Zambia, where it is held by 166 people, or 1 in 95,481. In Zambia Namoya is most frequent in: Southern Province, where 62 percent live, Lusaka Province, where 33 percent live and Western Province, where 1 percent live. Outside of Zambia this surname occurs in 10 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 28 percent live and Namibia, where 11 percent live.
Namoya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Namoya surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Namoya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Namoya in the Marathi language | ||
| नमोया | namoya | - |
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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 Namoya
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