Namukanja Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Namukanja Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Namukanja 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
Uganda111:3,549,02589,142
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372

Namukanja Last Name Facts

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

The last name Namukanja occurs more in Uganda more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Namukanja.

How Common Is The Last Name Namukanja? popularity and diffusion

Namukanja is the 5,391,485th most frequently used surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Namukanja live; 92 percent live in East Africa and 92 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

This last name is most frequently occurring in Uganda, where it is borne by 11 people, or 1 in 3,549,025. In Uganda it is most frequent in: Busia District, where 27 percent live, Butaleja District, where 18 percent live and Bugiri District, where 9 percent live. Not including Uganda Namukanja exists in 2 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 8 percent live and Kenya, where 8 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
Namukanza895/
Namikanjja841/
Namukaanya841/
Namukange783/
Namukanye781/
Namukonjo781/
Namukonge6721/
Namukenya679/
Namukonya671/
Namukonyo671/

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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 Namukanja
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