Namu Surname
Approximately 6,985 people bear this surname
Namu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 2,918 | 1:15,826 | 1,892 |
| India | 1,010 | 1:759,471 | 34,530 |
| Indonesia | 770 | 1:171,752 | 16,653 |
| Nepal | 715 | 1:39,834 | 1,343 |
| Nigeria | 434 | 1:408,163 | 21,320 |
| Papua New Guinea | 388 | 1:21,015 | 2,240 |
| Vanuatu | 275 | 1:957 | 231 |
| Uganda | 208 | 1:187,689 | 15,405 |
| DR Congo | 75 | 1:985,061 | 64,020 |
| Solomon Islands | 53 | 1:10,944 | 1,926 |
| United States | 23 | 1:15,759,084 | 542,937 |
| Zimbabwe | 21 | 1:735,154 | 52,165 |
| China | 18 | 1:75,962,309 | 4,162 |
| Belgium | 10 | 1:1,149,664 | 82,403 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| Thailand | 7 | 1:10,091,192 | 512,203 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| Russia | 4 | 1:36,030,764 | 577,589 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Lithuania | 2 | 1:1,517,294 | 35,813 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Andorra | 1 | 1:83,838 | 2,381 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Samoa | 1 | 1:193,808 | 1,089 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Eritrea | 1 | 1:4,751,901 | 911 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
Namu (4,836) may also be a first name.
Namu Demographics
Namu Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Namu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Namu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Namu (Arabic: نامو, Bengali: নমু, Hindi: नामू, Marathi: नामु, Oriya: ନାମୁ, Russian: Наму, Tibetan: ན་མུ་) is carried by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Namu? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 70,774th most commonly used last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 1,043,314 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 53 percent of Namu live; 45 percent live in East Africa and 44 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 98,232nd most commonly occurring first name on earth. It is borne by 4,836 people.
The last name Namu is most commonly used in Kenya, where it is held by 2,918 people, or 1 in 15,826. In Kenya Namu is most numerous in: Embu County, where 80 percent are found, Nairobi County, where 6 percent are found and Tharaka Nithi County, where 4 percent are found. Excluding Kenya Namu occurs in 45 countries. It also occurs in India, where 14 percent are found and Indonesia, where 11 percent are found.
Namu Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Namu last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya and Christian (67%) in Nigeria.
Namu earn more than double the average income. In United States they earn 107.13% more than the national average, earning $89,375 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Namu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Namu in the Tibetan language | ||
| ན་མུ་ | namu | - |
| Namu in the Bengali language | ||
| নমু | namu | - |
| Namu in the Hindi language | ||
| नामू | namu | 53 |
| नमू | namu | 23 |
| नमु | namu | 19.5 |
| नामु | namu | 4 |
| नेमू | nemu | 0.5 |
| Namu in the Oriya language | ||
| ନାମୁ | namu | 51.85 |
| ନମୁ | namu | 40.74 |
| ନାମୂ | namu | 3.7 |
| ନାମୁରଣା | namurana | 3.7 |
| Namu in the Marathi language | ||
| नामु | namu | 45.78 |
| नामू | namu | 40.2 |
| नमु | namu | 9.58 |
| नमू | namu | 4.22 |
| नामा | nama | 0.16 |
| िनमू | inamu | 0.05 |
| Namu in the Russian language | ||
| Наму | namu | - |
| Namu in the Arabic language | ||
| نامو | namw | - |
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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 Namu
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