Namsamba Surname

5,812,366th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Namsamba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Namsamba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda91:4,337,69899,715
England11:55,718,059489,080
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716

Namsamba Last Name Facts

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

The last name Namsamba has its highest incidence in Uganda. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Namsamba? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 5,812,366th most commonly used surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 662,504,174 people. Namsamba is primarily found in Africa, where 91 percent of Namsamba live; 91 percent live in East Africa and 91 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

The surname Namsamba is most prevalent in Uganda, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 4,337,698. In Uganda Namsamba is most common in: Gomba District, where 11 percent reside, Kampala District, where 11 percent reside and Kayunga District, where 11 percent reside. Outside of Uganda it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in England, where 9 percent reside and Tanzania, where 9 percent reside.

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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 Namsamba
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