Namukanga Surname

1,310,135th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 172 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Namukanga Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Namukanga Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia971:163,40111,461
DR Congo551:1,343,26579,223
Uganda161:2,439,95572,451
Botswana41:546,73222,624

Namukanga Last Name Facts

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

Namukanga is carried by more people in Zambia than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Namukanga.

How Common Is The Last Name Namukanga? popularity and diffusion

The last name Namukanga is the 1,310,135th most widespread surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 42,369,453 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Namukanga are found; 59 percent are found in Southern Africa and 59 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

The surname Namukanga is most common in Zambia, where it is held by 97 people, or 1 in 163,401. In Zambia it is mostly found in: Muchinga Province, where 54 percent are found, Lusaka Province, where 33 percent are found and Copperbelt Province, where 7 percent are found. Besides Zambia this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 32 percent are found and Uganda, where 9 percent are found.

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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 Namukanga
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