Nampweya Surname

483,143rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 689 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Namibia
Highest density in:
Namibia

Nampweya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Nampweya 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
Namibia6881:3,502622
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Nampweya Last Name Facts

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

Nampweya occurs more in Namibia more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nampweya? popularity and diffusion

The surname Nampweya is the 483,143rd most common surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 10,576,990 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nampweya are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

This surname is most widespread in Namibia, where it is held by 688 people, or 1 in 3,502. In Namibia Nampweya is mostly concentrated in: Omusati Region, where 26 percent live, Oshikoto Region, where 20 percent live and Oshana Region, where 16 percent live. Beside Namibia this surname is found in one country. It is also common in South Africa, where 0 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
Nambweya882/
Nabweya8011/
Napwiya801/
Napwaya801/
Nampwai801/
Nambwaya751,133/
Nambweha759/
Nambwoya751/
Nnapwaya751/
Ngambwiya714/
Navwea711/
Nabweye67121/
Nabweyo67109/
Nabwaya6793/
Nabwoya6758/
Nambwai672/
Navwaya672/
Navueya671/
Nabbeya671/
Napweji671/
Nabweha671/
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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 Nampweya
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