Namukaya Surname

158,392nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,758 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Namukaya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Namukaya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda2,7281:14,3112,266
DR Congo271:2,736,280122,818
England11:55,718,059489,080
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Namukaya (16) may also be a first name.

Namukaya Last Name Facts

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

The last name Namukaya is borne by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Namukaya? popularity and diffusion

Namukaya is the 158,392nd most commonly occurring surname globally, borne by around 1 in 2,642,330 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Namukaya are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 99 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,786,762nd most commonly occurring first name worldwide, borne by 16 people.

The surname is most widely held in Uganda, where it is borne by 2,728 people, or 1 in 14,311. In Uganda Namukaya is most common in: Kamuli District, where 46 percent reside, Buyende District, where 18 percent reside and Luuka District, where 11 percent reside. Excluding Uganda it is found in 4 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 1 percent reside and England, where 0 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 Namukaya
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