Namton Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Namton Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Namton Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya41:11,544,97562,419
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Namton (15) may also be a first name.

Namton Last Name Facts

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

The last name Namton is more commonly found in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Namton click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Namton? popularity and diffusion

Namton is the 8,193,072nd most numerous last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 80 percent of Namton live; 80 percent live in East Africa and 80 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Namton is also the 2,900,335th most frequent forename throughout the world It is held by 15 people.

The surname is most prevalent in Kenya, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 11,544,975. In Kenya Namton is most prevalent in: Turkana County, where 100 percent reside. Outside of Kenya this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Thailand, where 20 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
  • 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 Namton
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